Gear Trains

A Background Study
Background of Gear Trains
• History
• Field Application
• Importance
• Impact in the Industry
History of Gear Train
• The transmission of rotation between contacting toothed wheels can
be traced back to the Antikythera mechanism of Greece and the
south-pointing chariot of China.
• Illustrations by the Renaissance scientist Georgius Agricola show gear
trains with cylindrical teeth.
• The implementation of the involute tooth yielded a standard gear
design that provides a constant speed ratio.
Antikythera mechanism
Involute Tooth
Field Application of Gear Train
• Lathe
• Automobiles
• Conveyors
• Aircraft
• Prime movers
• Ship hulls
• Injection molding machines
• Robotics field
• Various transportation systems
Importance of Gear Train
• Gear train is important in the industry especially in automotive. The
transmission of an automotive uses a number of different sets of
gears that can be changed to allow a wide range of vehicle speeds.
• Gear train is also important to differential, which contains the final
drive to provide further speed reduction at the wheels.
Impact in the Industry of Gear Train
Gear trains with different designs play very important roles in
automobiles, helicopters, wind turbines, and other modern industries.
Excessive loading on the gear teeth may arise due to the combination
of gear backlash and teeth defects. Without vibration health
monitoring to ensure proper operation performance will degrade.