Design and Selection of Bevel gears

Types of gears

Spur gear Helical gear Bevel gear

Spiral bevel gear Worm gear Rack and pinion
 Bevel Gear
A bevel gear is used to transmit power between two intersecting shafts at any angle ( usually 90 ֯ ).
It is classified as Straight, Spiral,

Straight bevel gears are the simplest form which has straight and tapered teeth.

Spiral bevel gears have curved oblique teeth on which contact starts at one end of the tooth and
progresses smoothly to the other end..

Straight bevel gears Spiral bevel gears

Terminology of bevel gears.
The pitch of bevel gears is measured at the large end of the tooth, and both the circular
pitch and the pitch diameter are calculated in the same manner as for spur gears.

d = mN
Pc = πm
The pitch angles are defined by the pitch cones meeting at the apex, as shown in the figure.
They are related to the tooth numbers as follows:

Where γ & are respectively the pitch angles of pinion and gear.
Cone Distance Ao is given as:

Ao = 2 MG = i = reduction ratio

𝐴𝑜
The face width (F = ) is given as:
3
 Force Analysis—Bevel Gearing
In determining shaft and bearing loads for bevel-gear applications, the usual practice is to use
the tangential load that would occur if all the forces were concentrated at the midpoint of the
tooth.
𝑃 𝑇
Wt = =
𝑉𝑎𝑣 𝑟𝑎𝑣
where T is the torque and 𝑟𝑎𝑣 is the pitch radius at the midpoint of the tooth for the gear
under consideration.
 F/2
Determination of average diameter X γ
dav = d – 2X
𝐹 𝐹
dav = d – 2 X Sin γ x Sin γ = X/
2 2
dav = d – Sin γ x F 𝐹
X = Sin γ x
2
rav = r – X
𝐹
rav = r – Sin γ x
2
𝐹
rav = r – Sin γ
2

𝐹
rav P = rP – Sin γ
2
𝐹
rav g = rg – Sin
2
The forces acting at the center of the tooth. The resultant force W has three components:
a tangential force Wt, a radial force Wr, and an axial force Wa.

Where ϕ is the pressure angle