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What is a Gear?
A gear is:
A wheel that has teeth
around its edge that
interlock with the teeth
of other gears.
Wheels with mating
teeth cut in the rim or
surface so that one can
turn the other without
slippage.
Usually attached to an
axle or shaft
Applications of Gears
Toys and Small Mechanisms small, low load, low cost
kinematic analysis
Appliance gears long life, low noise & cost, low to moderate
load kinematic & some stress analysis
Ken Youssef
Gears
Drive Gear
Driven Gear
Cast iron
Steel
Brass
Bronze alloys
Plastic
Spur Gears
The teeth meet on a flat surface
They can change the speed and
direction of motion
Ex. Car transmissions
Clearanc
e
Fillet radius
Pitch
circle gear
Base Circle
diam.
Backlash
Ken Youssef
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rG
Tangent at
the point of
contact
rP
Useful Relations
P=N/d
pitch) = d / N
Pp =
Metric system
m (module, mm) = d / N
Ken Youssef
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Line
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act i o
Pressure angle
Pitch
circle
Pitch
circle
Pitch
line
Base
circle
Line of centers
Two mating gears must have the same diametral pitch, P, and
pressure angle, .
Ken Youssef
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