Gear

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What is a gear
A gear is amachine component, which is used to transmit mechanical power from
one shaft to the other by successively engaging its teeth>

Gears are one of the most method of mechanical power transmission in the
machines. Power transmission by the gears have almost 100% effeciency
Advantages of the gear drive

● It is positive drive hance velocity remains constant

● Provisions for changing velocity ratios can be made with the help of the gear
box
● It’s efficiency is very high
● It can be used even for low speeds
● It can transmit high torque values
● It is compact in construction
Disadvantages of gear drive
● They are not suitable when shafts are distant
● At high speeds noise and vibration happens
● It requires lubrication
● It has no flexibility
Spur gear
Spur Gear are used for the power transfer in the shafts which are parallel to each
other. They have straight teeth as shown in above image.
Helical gears
Helical gears are almost same as spur gears but they have inclined teeth for
uniform and silent teeth meshing. Power transmitting capacity of helical spur gears
is more than that of normal spur gears.
Spiral bevel gears
Spiral bevel gears are used for power transmission in the shafts which are
perpendicular to each other. Due to spiral teeth they provide uniform and silent
teeth engagement. it has more power transmitting capacity than zero bevel gears.
Worm gears
Sometimes this type of gear arrangement is also known as worm and wheel. Here
the long rod having spiral is the worm. We should note one thing that worm can
rotate the gear but reverse is not true.
Simple gear train
Characteristics of simple gear train

● Gears are in the form of series

● Axes of gearsremains fixed
● Each gear is mounted on different shaft
Compound gear train
Characteristics of compound gear train

● All characteristic are same as simple gear train except that more than two
gears can also be mounted on a single shaft
Reverted gear train
Characteristic of reverted gear train

● All the characteristic of the reverted gear train are same as compound gear
train except that the axis of shafts on which first and last gear is mounted
coincides.
Planetary or epicyclic gear train
Characteristic of planetary or epicyclic gear train

● As the name suggest, it is a type of gear train in which at least axis of one of
the participating gear’s shafts rotates with respect to other’s. There is a gear
that has teeth facing inward with a center gear and orbiting gears
Gear train pull