Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Project 2
Design of spur gear
Problem Statement:
Design a spur gear drive as a speed reducer for a compressor running at N1 RPM, driven by a
single cylinder engine of a P kW and N2 RPM. The available minimum centre distance is
Cmin mm. The pinion and gear to be made of different material.
Note: Solid modelling of spur gear to be done using SolidWorks

Group ME-1

ME-2

N1= 300 N2 = 1500 P= 20 Cmin=360

N1= 350 N2 = 700 P= 20 Cmin=360

N1= 300 N2 = 1500 P= 25 Cmin=360

N1= 350 N2 = 700 P= 25 Cmin=360

N1= 300 N2 = 1500 P= 30

Cmin=360

N1= 350 N2 = 700 P= 30 Cmin=360

N1= 300 N2 = 1500 P= 35 Cmin=360

N1= 350 N2 = 700 P= 35 Cmin=360

N1= 400 N2 = 1600 P= 20 Cmin=400

N1= 450 N2 = 1350 P= 20 Cmin=400

N1= 400 N2 = 1600 P= 25 Cmin=400

N1= 450 N2 = 1350 P= 25 Cmin=400

N1= 400 N2 = 1600 P= 30 Cmin=400

N1= 450 N2 = 1350 P= 30

N1= 400 N2 = 1600 P= 35 Cmin=400

N1= 450 N2 = 1350 P= 35 Cmin=400

N1= 500 N2 = 1500 P= 20

Cmin=420

N1= 550 N2 = 1100 P= 20 Cmin=420

10

N1= 500 N2 = 1500 P= 25 Cmin=420

N1= 550 N2 = 1100 P= 25 Cmin=420

11

N1= 500 N2 = 1500 P= 30

N1= 550 N2 = 1100 P= 30

12

N1= 500 N2 = 1500 P= 35 Cmin=420

Cmin=420

Cmin=400

Cmin=420

N1= 550 N2 = 1100 P= 35 Cmin=420

Design steps of spur Gear

01: Statement of the Problem
Design a spur gear drive as a speed reducer for a compressor running at N1 RPM, driven by a
single cylinder engine of a P kW and N2 RPM. The available minimum centre distance is
Cmin mm. The pinion and gear to be made of different material.

02 Nomenclatures
P: Power Transmitted, kW
N1: Rotational Speed of Driven Shaft,RPM
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(A hand sketch drawing of a pair of gears to indicate all parts and show all necessary dimensions in it)

03 Material Selected and Design Data

Sl
No

Component

Material

1
2
3
4

Pinion
Gear

Plain carbon steel

Assumed Data

04 Design Steps
(i) Find the tangential load on gear/pinion

(ii) Find effective tangential load on gear /pinion due to dynamic loading
- This is the load expected to act on teeth before final design
(iii) Find the beam strength of gear or pinion (weaker one)
- Maximum permissible load on teeth
- Use Lewis Equation for initial design
(iv) Check with Buckingham load equation
(v) Check with wear load
(vi) Find all gear tooth proportion
(vii) Design the drive
- Rim , Shaft, Key, and Hub Pinion and Gear.
(viii) Power loss Calculation

Design Data

(ix) Temp Rise

(x) Load on bearings

05: Result and Discussion

06: Reference
07: Design Drawings
- Draw a tooth profile, shaft and key with dimension in one page
- Assembly drawing of a pair of pinion and gear, Give all drive dimensions
-Dis-assembly drawing with a bill of material for below parts:
a. Shaft
b. key
c. Pinion
d. Gear

Important Quiz Questions:

Q1. What is the difference between Velocity Ratio, Transmission Ration and Contact Ratio?
Q2.Why cycloidal teeth are absolute?
Q3.In a five forward gear and one reverse gear system, how many minimum gears can be used?
Q4.What are three standard 3 systems for the shape of gear teeth (based on pressure angle), and Why
only 3 systems are followed?
Q5.Draw a free body diagram of gear and pinion.
Q6.What are advantages of stub teeth?
Q7. If Zp=10 and Zg = 21, after how many revolution same pair will be in touch again?
Q8. What is hunting of gear teeth?
Q9: What are the different terminologies in a spur gear?

Suggetion : Read and understand Chapter 17 Spur Gears pp 646-690 ( Design of Machine
Elements , VB Bhandari, Mc Graw Hill Publication) before the next class.