Straight

Tooth
Spur Gear Bevel
When two spur gears of
Gears
Bevel gears
different sizes mesh
have teeth cut
together, the larger gear
on a cone instead of a cylinder blank.
is called a wheel, and
They are used in pairs to transmit rotary
the smaller gear is called
motion and torque where the bevel gear
a pinion. In a simple
shafts are at right angles (90 degrees) to
gear train of two spur gears, the input
each other.
motion and force are applied to the
driver gear. The output motion and
force are transmitted by the driven gear.
The driver gear rotates the driven gear
without slipping.

Why Do Clocks Have Brass Gears?

Brass gears are often used in clocks where they work well without any lubricant.
Oil causes dust to adhere to the gears and this causes gear-tooth wear. An
advantage of brass gears is that constant meshing work hardens their teeth.
Because of this, the brass gears in well used old clocks often show little sign of
wear.
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Rack and
Worm and Pinion
A rack and pinion
Wormwheel mechanism is used to
A gear which has one transform rotary
tooth is called a motion into linear
worm. The tooth is in motion and vice versa.
the form of a screw A round spur gear, the
thread. A wormwheel pinion, meshes with a
meshes with the spur gear which has teeth set in a
worm. The wormwheel straight line, the rack.
is a helical gear with teeth inclined so
that they can engage with the thread-like
Internal
worm. The wormwheel transmits torque Gear
and rotary motion through a right Internal gears
angle. The worm always drives the have better load-
wormwheel and never the other way carrying capacity than external spur
round. Worm mechanisms are very quiet gears. They are safer in use because
running. the teeth are guarded.

HELICAL GEARS

SPIRAL BEVEL GEARS