SPUR GEARS

DEFINITION OF A SPUR GEAR/S:

• A spur gear is a gear with teeth

that project outwards from a
cylindrical surface. Two spur
gears are used to transmit power
between parallel shafts. In spur
gears, the edge of each tooth is
parallel to the axis of rotation and
they mesh together when they are
fitted to parallel shafts.
NOMENCLATURE OF SPUR GEAR/S:
 NOMENCLATURE OF SPUR GEAR/S:

• Pitch Circle: It is an imaginary circle • Pressure angle or angle of obliquity:

it is the angle between the common
which by pure rolling action would give normal to two gear teeth at the point
the same motion as the actual gear. of contact and the common tangent
at the pitch point. It is usually
• Pitch Circle Diameter: It is the diameter denoted by Ø. The standard
of the pitch circle. The size of the gear is pressure angles are 14 ½° and 20°
usually specified by the pitch circle
diameter. It is also known as pitch
diameter.
• Pitch point: it is a common point of
contact between two pitch circles.
• Addendum: It is the radial Dedendum Circle: it is the
circle drawn through the
distance of a tooth from the pitch bottom of the teeth. It is also
circle to the top of the tooth. called root circle.

• Dedendum: It is the radial

distance of a tooth from the pitch
circle to the bottom of the tooth.
• Addendum Circle: It is the circle
drawn through the top of the
teeth and is concentric with the
pitch circle.
REFERENCES:

• https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/spur-gear
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_gear
• https://www.slideshare.net/hareeshang/unit-6-spur-gears
• https://www.slideshare.net/dodimulya/spur-gear-problem-and-solution