Design Assignment – to be submitted in Week 12

You must prepare a report on the calculations and the methodology that you followed in
answering the following problems. Please check the marking rubric for this.

1)Two parallel shafts with 100mm centre distance are to be connected by module = 5, 20°
spur gears providing a velocity ratio of -3.0. (a) Determine the pitch diameters and numbers
of teeth in the pinion and gear. (b) Determine whether there will be interference when
standard full-depth teeth are used. (c) Determine the contact ratio. Draw this is in CAD
software and show that there is interference when standard full-depth teeth are used. Show
also that after modification of addenda, there is no interference. Both scenarios (with and
without interference) must be shown in animation and a 3D printed model should be
presented. Animate the gears as though they are being driven by a motor and establish that
the velocity ratio is correct.

2)A 1.5kW, 1200-rpm motor drives a 60-rpm machine by means of a worm gear reducer with
a 125mm centre distance. The right-hand worm has two threads, an axial pitch of 16mm and
a normal pressure angle of 14.5. The worm is made of steel, hardened and ground, and the
gear is made of bronze.

Determine (a) all force components corresponding to rated motor power,

(b) the power delivered to the driven machine, and
(c) whether or not the drive is self-locking.

Draw the worm gear working in CAD software. Animate the gears as though they are being
driven a motor. Produce a 3D printed model.