Toothed Gearing: (Chapter-12 R.S. KHURMI)
Toothed Gearing: (Chapter-12 R.S. KHURMI)
Toothed Gearing: (Chapter-12 R.S. KHURMI)
Somnath Somadder
Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology.
• Gears are machine elements that transmits motion by means of engaging
teeth.
• Power transmission systems:
Belt or Rope drive
Chain drive
Gear drive
Advantages and Disadvantages of gear drive
Advantages:
1) It transmits exact velocity ratio.
2) It may be used to transmit large power.
3) It has reliable service.
4) It has high efficiency.
5) It has compact layout.
Disadvantages:
6) The manufacture of gears require special tools and equipment.
7) The error in cutting teeth may cause vibration and noise during
operation.
Classification of gearing Article 12.4
Spur gear: Tooth profile is parallel to the axis of rotation, transmits motion
between parallel shafts.
Helical gear: Teeth are inclined to the axis of rotation, the angle provides
more gradual engagement of the teeth during meshing, transmits motion
between parallel shafts.
Worm gear sets :Consists of a helical gear and a power screw (worm),
used to transfer motion between non-parallel and non-intersecting shafts.
Pinion
Rack
Rack and Pinion sets – A special case of spur gears with the gear having
an infinitely large diameter, the teeth are laid flat.
Terms Used in gear Article 12.5
tion
o f ac
Line
Pressure angle φ
=
The idle gears are used for the following two purposes:
To connect gears where a large center distance is required, and
Toobtain the desired direction of motion of the driven gear (i.e. clockwise
or anticlockwise).
• The speed ratio and the train value is independent of the size and number of
intermediate gear. [Page 430]
Let us consider the speed and the number of teeth of driver is and ,
the speed and the number of teeth of idler is and , the speed and the number of teeth of the driven gear
is .
• Since the speed ratio of any pair of gears in mesh is the inverse of their number of teeth. Applying this
for driver gear and idler gear,
=…………(i)
Applying this for idler gear and driven gear,
=…………(ii)
Multiply (i) and (ii),
Compound Gear train:
• When there are more than one gear on a shaft it is called compound train of
gear.
• Compound gear is used with intermediate gear to have great or much less
speed ratio.
Reverted Gear Train
When the axis of the first gear(first driver) and the last gear(last driven) is co-axial then the
gear train is known as reverted gear train.
Circular Pitch or Module m =
Example 13.3:The speed ratio of the reverted gear train, as shown in Fig. is
to be 12. The module pitch of gears A and B is 3.125 mm and of gears
C and D is 2.5 mm. Calculate the suitable numbers of teeth for the gears.
No gear is to have less than 24 teeth.
Solution: Given, Speed ratio, NA/ND = 12 ;
mA = mB = 3.125mm ; mC = mD = 2.5 mm
Since the speed ratio between A and B ; C and D to be same
Epicyclic gear train
If the arm is fixed, the gear train is simple and gear A can drive gear B
or vice- versa
The gear trains arranged in such a manner that one or more of their members
move upon and around another member are known as epicyclic gear trains (epi.
means upon and cyclic means around). The epicyclic gear trains may be simple or
compound.
• The epicyclic gear trains are used in the back gear of lathe, differential
gears of the automobiles, hoists, pulley blocks, wrist watches etc.
• The following two methods may be used for finding out the velocity
ratio of an epicyclic gear train.
1. Tabular method, and 2. Algebraic method.
Problem 13.4 : In an epicylic gear train an arm carries two gears A
and B having 36 and 45 teeth respectively. If the arm rotates at 150
rpm in the anti clock wise direction about the center of the gear A
which is fixed, determine the speed of the gear B. Instead of being
fixed if A makes 300 rpm in the clock wise direction determine
speed of gear B.
Problem 13.5: In a reverted epicyclic gear train, the arm A carries two gears B
and C and a compound gear D - E. The gear B meshes with gear E and the gear C
meshes with gear D. The number of teeth on gears B, C and D are 75, 30
and 90 respectively. Find the speed and direction of gear C when gear B is
fixed and the arm A makes 100 r.p.m. clockwise.
Solution. Given : TB = 75 ; TC = 30 ; TD = 90 ; NA = 100 r.p.m. (clockwise)
Let dB , dC , dD and dE be the pitch circle diameters of gears B, C, D
and E respectively. From the geometry of the figure,
dB + dE = dC + dD
Since the number of teeth on each gear, for the same module, are
proportional to their pitch circle diameters, therefore
Compound Epicyclic gear train – Sun and Planet gear
•Problem
13.7: Anepicyclic train of gears is arranged as shown in Fig.
How many revolutions does the arm, to which the pinions B and C are
attached, make :
when A makes one revolution clockwise and D makes half a
revolution anticlockwise, and
when A makes one revolution clockwise and D is stationary ?
The number of teeth on the gears A and D are 40 and 90 respectively.
Solution: Given, =40, =90
Let , , and be the pitch circle diameters of gears A, B, C and D
respectively. Therefore from the geometry of the figure,
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