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The powerful CAD system Catia version 5 has no built-in tool for designing gears. When you are making a realistic design, you may need a template spur gear.
Since the geometry of a spur gear is controlled by a few parameters, we can design a generic gear controlled by the following parameters: The pressure angle a. The modulus m. The number of teeth Z. This tutorial shows how to make a basic gear that you can freely re -use in your assemblies.
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Formula
Description
Name in French
1 a
angular degree
20deg
Angle de pression.
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Number of teeth (5 Z Nombre de dents. 200). Pas de la denture sur Pitch of the teeth une on a straight generative crmaillre gnratrice rack. rectiligne. Circular tooth thickness, measured on the pitch circle. Epaisseur d'une dent mesure sur le cercle primitif.
4 p
millimeter m *
5 e
millimeter p / 2
6 ha
millimeter m if m > 1.25 hf = m millimeter * 1.25 else hf = m * 1.4 millimeter m * Z / 2 millimeter rp + ha millimeter rp - hf millimeter rp * cos( a )
Addendum = height of a tooth Saillie d'une dent. above the pitch circle. Dedendum = depth of a tooth below the pitch circle. Proportionnally greater for a small modulus ( 1.25 mm). Radius of the pitch circle. Radius of the outer circle. Radius of the root circle. Radius of the base circle. Radius of the root concave corner. (m * 0.38) is a normative formula. Sweep parameter of the involute curve. Creux d'une dent. Plus grand en proportion pour un petit module ( 1.25 mm). Rayon du cercle primitif. Rayon du cercle de tte. Rayon du cercle de fond. Rayon du cercle de base. Cong de raccordement la racine d'une dent. (m * 0.38) vient de la norme. Paramtre de balayage de la courbe en dveloppante. Coordonne Y du profil de dent en dveloppante de cercle, gnr par le
7 hf
8 rp 9 ra 10 rf 11 rb
12 rc
millimeter m * 0.38
13 t
0t1
14 yd
Y coordinate rb * ( sin(t * of the involute tooth ) millimeter profile, cos(t * ) * t generated by the t *) parameter.
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rb * ( cos(t Z coordinate * ) + millimeter of the involute tooth sin(t * ) * t profile. *) rb * a * / millimeter 180deg Radius of the osculating circle of the involute curve, on the pitch circle.
Coordonne Z du profil de dent en dveloppante de cercle. Rayon du cercle osculateur la courbe en dveloppante, sur le cercle primitif. Angle du point de la dveloppante l'intersection avec le cercle primitif Angle de rotation pour obtenir un roue symtrique par rapport au plan ZX
16 ro
17 c
angular degree
Angle of the point of sqrt( 1 / cos( the involute a )2 - 1 ) / that intersects the pitch PI * 180deg circle. Rotation angle used for atan( yd(c) making a / zd(c) ) + gear symetric to the ZX 90deg / Z plane
18 phi
angular degree
La crmaillre de taillage est tangente au cercle primitif. Au point de contact, a dfinit l'angle de pression de la ligne d'action. La ligne d'action est tangente au cerce de base. On a donc un triangle rectangle rsoudre. Formule N12: Entre le cercle de pied et les flancs des dents, prvoir un petit cong de raccordement pour attnuer l'usure en fatigue. Formules N14 et N15: explication de
zd = rb * cos( t ) + rb * t * sin( t ) :
La dveloppante est trace sur le plan YZ, qui correspond la vue de face dans Catia. Le premier terme rb * cos( t ) correspond une rotation suivant le cercle de base. Le second terme rb * t * sin( t ) correspond au droulement de la dveloppante. Cette expression rappelle que le rayon de coubure de la dveloppante vaut rb * t. Formule N16:
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Page 5 Pour simplifier le dessin d'un engrenage, on peut ventuellement remplacer la dveloppante de cercle par un arc de cercle.
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A good approximation of a curve at a given point is the osculating circle. The osculating circle of a curve at a point shares with the curve at that point: A common tangent line (continuity of the 1 stderivative). A common radius of curvature (continuity of the 2 nd derivative).
Une bonne approximation d'une courbe en un point donn est le cercle osculateur. Le cercle osculateur une courbe en un point partage avec la courbe en ce point: Une mme tangente (continuit au 1 erdegr). Un mme rayon de courbure (continuit au 2 nd degr).
Cercle osculateur la courbe dveloppante au niveau du diamtre primitif: o L'angle de la dvelopante est gal l'angle de pression a. o Le rayon du cercle osculateur est donc: ro = rb * a * / 180 . Formule N17: En ralit, la dveloppante est dphase par rapport la figure ci dessus. Pour exprimer ce dphasage, on calcule le paramtre angulair e c au point o la dveloppante coupe le cercle primitif. On a alors:
o o o o
zd(c)2 + yd(c) 2 = rp2 rb2 * ( 1 + c 2 ) = rp 2 cos(a) 2 * ( 1 + c 2 ) = 1 c2 = 1/cos(a) 2 - 1
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Next, we configure the environment for showing parameters and formulas: We set the 2 highlighted check boxes:
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Then you can create the gear generation param eters: 1. Select the unit (integer, real, length, angle, ). 2. Press the create parameter button. 3. Enter the parameter's name. 4. Set the initial value, used only if the parameter has a fixed value.
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Now your tree should display the following parameters and their formulas:
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Enter the formulas #14 and #15 of the 2 laws used for the of the involute curve:
o o
yd PI zd PI
and Z coordinates
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Notes about the formula editor of Catia: The trigonometric functions expect angles, not nu mbers, so we must use angular constants like 1rad or 1deg. PI stands for the number.
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Insert / Open Body
Then, you can use the buttons on the right toolbar for inserting different geometric elements. Catia assigns a default name to each geometric element, but you can rename it with a contextual dialog
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right button / properties
5.2 Insert a set of 5 constructive points and connect them with a spline
The position of each point is defined by the
yd(t)
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In order to apply the involute formulas, edit the Y and Z coordinate of each point and enter the values of the parameter from t = 0 to t = 0.4 (most gears do not use the involute spiral beyond 0.4)
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t =
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When Z < 42, the root circle is smaller than the base circle. For example, when Z = 25: rf = rp - hf = rp - 1.25 * m = rp * (1 - 2.5 / Z) = rp * 0.9 . So the involute curve must be extrapolated for joining the root circle. Extrapolate the spline: Start from the 1 st involute point. The length to extrapolate is empirically defined by the formula
f(x) = 2 * m :
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ZX
5.5 Rotate the involute curve for the symmetry relative to the plane
Why do we need a rotation ? On the extrapolated involute curve designed in the RED system
Y, Z
coordinate
the contact point on the pitch circle has an unconvenient position. It is more convenient to draw a tooth that is symmetric on the ZX plane, because it makes it easier to control the angular position of a gear in a mechanism : LIME CYAN On the rotated involute curve the two contact points of the tooth that are located on the pitch circle at
ZX 90deg / Z
plane.
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For computing the rotation angle, we need first to compute the involute parameter or the pitch circle (formula #17):
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Is it true ? In order to check it, you can build two temporary elements: Insert another point and apply the involute formula with the
c
parameter:
rp.
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Check that the involute point with the c parameter is actually located on the intersection of the pitch circle and the extrapolated spline curve:
Once the c parameter is checked, the temporary point and the temporary circle can be deleted. Now, we can rotate the extrapolated curve, so that the first gear tooth is symetric relative to the ZX plane:
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We use the formula #18 for computing the phi rotation angle in 2 steps: 1. The curve is rotated by atan( yd(c) / zd(c) ) so that the intersection between the involute and the pitch circle (the red point on the figure) is moved to the ZX plane. 2. Then, curve is rotated by of the gear period: 90deg / Z (the left lime point on the figure), so that the ZX plane corresponds to the median plane of the first tooth. A rotation operation is applied to the extrapolated spline, using the phi rotation angle:
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Catia asks you to select an arc (in red) out of 4 possible geometric solutions (in blue):
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Initially, I designed a symmetric profile for the first tooth and I duplicated it Z times:
But then, the generated profile was interrupted between each tooth by a fake edge:
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For preventing that, I build now the whole profile between consecutive teeth on the root circle:
Now we can build the symmetric corner: On the figure above, you can see: o A vertical line tracing the ZX plane. o An oblique line tracing the median plane between consecutive teeth. o This plane corresponds to the ZX plane rotated by 180deg / Z around theX axis.
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Now, this plane is used for defining a symmetric rounded c orner on the root circle:
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Cut the segment of the extrapolated spline between the outer circle and the rounded corner.
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We could cut the root circle and the outer circle, but instead we define two arcs having a radius equal to rf and ra,
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The last operation consists in joining all the elements of the 1 st tooth:
axis.
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The first tooth and the duplicated teeth are joined for making the whole gear profile:
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Now, we can switch back to the part design workshop (see the green arrow) and extrude the gear profile:
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In a real factory, the teeth of the gear would be machined after the gear wheel is cut on a lathe. In a CAD design, it is simpler to make the gear wheel with a groove, after the extrusion of the teeth. That wheel design is semi-parametric: the external diameter and the 20deg chamfer are dependent of ra, but the bore diameter and the thickness are adjusted manually on the sketch:
Now, you can add pocket(s) for transmitting the torque between the gear wheel and a key or a splined shaft.
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If Z is equal to 13:
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