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Module 2

The document discusses the terminology, tooth proportions, and force analysis of helical gears, including the representation of their helix hand in technical drawings. It covers beam strength and wear strength calculations, comparing helical gears to formative spur gears. An exercise problem is provided to apply these concepts in a practical gear design scenario.

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Module 2

The document discusses the terminology, tooth proportions, and force analysis of helical gears, including the representation of their helix hand in technical drawings. It covers beam strength and wear strength calculations, comparing helical gears to formative spur gears. An exercise problem is provided to apply these concepts in a practical gear design scenario.

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HELICAL GEARS

TERMINOLOGY OF HELICAL GEARS

The conventional representation of a pair of helical gears on


technical drawings is illustrated in Fig. 18.1. It is necessary
to show the hand of the helix or the direction of teeth on the
drawing. The hand of the helix is indicated by drawing three
thin continuous lines. The lines are slopping downward to
the right side of the page for right-handed helical teeth. The
lines are slopping upward to the right side of the page for
left-handed helical teeth.
TOOTH PROPORTIONS
FORCE ANALYSIS
FORMATIVE SPUR GEAR AND VIRTUAL NUMBER OF TEETH

Pitch circle diameter of the virtual spur gear

Virtual number of teeth of the formative spur gear

Pitch circle diameter of the real helical gear

Actual number of teeth of the helical gear


BEAM STRENGTH OF HELICAL GEARS
In order to determine beam strength, the helical gear is
considered to be equivalent to a formative spur gear.
For a spur gear, the beam strength is given by
EFFECTIVE LOAD ON GEAR TOOTH
WEAR STRENGTH OF HELICAL GEARS

The wear strength equation of the spur gear is


modified to suit helical gears. For this purpose, a pair
of helical gears is considered to be equivalent to a
formative pinion and a formative gear in a plane
perpendicular to the tooth element. The wear
strength of the spur gear is given by,
Exercise problem:

A pair of parallel helical gears consists of 24 teeth pinion rotating at 5000 rpm and supplying 2.5 kW power to
a gear. The speed reduction is 4:1. The normal pressure angle and helix angle are 20° and 23° respectively.
Both gears are made of hardened steel (Sut = 750 MPa). The service factor and the factor of safety are 1.5 and
2 respectively.
(i) In the initial stages of gear design, assume that the velocity factor accounts for the dynamic load and
that the face width is ten times the normal module. Assuming the pitch line velocity to be 10 m/s,
estimate the normal module.
(ii) What is the correct factor of safety against bending for your proposed design?
(iii) Specify surface hardness for the gears, assuming a factor of safety of 2 for wear consideration.

Solution: Already solved in detail in class

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