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Spur Gear Design Procedure Guide

This document outlines the procedure for designing spur gears, including 20 steps. The key steps are: 1. Determine the speed ratio between the pinion and gear. 2. Select suitable materials for the gears and calculate properties like Young's modulus. 3. Calculate the design torque and select a tooth profile and pressure angle, typically 141⁄2° or 20°. 4. Calculate factors like surface contact stress, bending stress, and center distance to design the gears to transmit the torque without exceeding stress limits. 5. Iterate the design, checking dimensions and stresses until a valid design is reached.

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Spur Gear Design Procedure Guide

This document outlines the procedure for designing spur gears, including 20 steps. The key steps are: 1. Determine the speed ratio between the pinion and gear. 2. Select suitable materials for the gears and calculate properties like Young's modulus. 3. Calculate the design torque and select a tooth profile and pressure angle, typically 141⁄2° or 20°. 4. Calculate factors like surface contact stress, bending stress, and center distance to design the gears to transmit the torque without exceeding stress limits. 5. Iterate the design, checking dimensions and stresses until a valid design is reached.

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  • Spur Gear Design Procedure

Spur gear design

SPUR GEAR
DESIGN PROCEDURE
1.

Determine the speed ratio.


i

Z2
= ----Z1

No. of teeth in gear


-------------------------No. of teeth in pinion

Speed of pinion
------------------Speed of gear

If no value is given assume unity.


2.

Choose suitable material(s) for the gear and pinion [Pg 8.4].
Note ultimate stress, u and yield stress, y for the selected material(s) [Pg 1.9].

3.

Select the tooth profile and pressure angle.


Generally involute profile with pressure angle 14 or 20 is used.

4.

Calculate the design torque (twisting moment).


[Mt]

[Link]

[Pg 8.15]

Mt Nominal twisting moment transmitted by pinion in [Link]


k - Load concentration factor [Pg 8.15, T 14]
kd - Dynamic load factor [Pg 8.15, T 15]
Initially assume [Link] = 1.3.
5.

Calculate the equivalent Youngs modulus. [Pg 8.4, T 9]


2E1.E2
E = -------- kgf/cm2
E1 + E2
E1 & E2 Youngs modulus of pinion and gear materials respectively

6.

Use
b
face width
= -- = -----------------a
centre distance
Initially take between 0.2 and 0.4.

7.

Calculate the design surface contact compressive stress depending on hardness number.
[c] = [Link] kgf/cm2

(OR) [c] = [Link] kgf/cm2 [Pg 8.16]

CB or CR factor depending on surface hardness [Pg 8.16, T 16]


HB or HRC Brinell or Rockwell C hardness number [Pg 8.16, T 16]
kcl Life factor [Pg 8.17, T 17]
Pg & T Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book

Spur gear design

8.

Calculate the centre distance.


a (i 1)

0.74 E.[Mt]
------ -------[c]
i.

[Pg 8.13, T8]

+ for external and - for internal

9.

Calculate the design bending stress (tension).


1.4 kbl
[b] = ------- -1
n.k

[Pg 8.18]

kbl Life factor for bending [Pg 8.20, T22]


k - Fillet stress concentration factor [Pg 8.19, T21]
-1 Endurance limit stress in bending for complete reversal of stress [Pg 8.19, T19]
10. Determine the minimum value of the module.
[Mt]
m 1.26 --------------[b].Y.m.Z1

[Pg 8.13, T 8]

Y Form factor [Pg 8.18, T18]


m = (b/m) = 10 initially
Z1 Minimum number of teeth for pinion
Take the nearest standard module [Pg 8.2, T1]

11. Determine the number of teeth for pinion.


2a
Z1 = -----------(i + 1) m

[Pg 8.22]

12. Calculate the number of teeth on gear.


Z2 = i.Z1
13. Calculate the (pitch circle) diameters and determine the centre distance.
d1 + d2
a = --------2

d1(pinion) = m.Z1
d2(gear) = m.Z2

14. Determine face width.


Select the higher value of b given by expressions: b = .a ; b = m.m.

Pg & T Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book

Spur gear design

15. Calculate the pitch line velocity.


.d1.n1
v = ---------- m/s
60x100

(d1 in cm)

16. Determine the design torque.


[Mt] = [Link]
k [Pg 8.15, T14] ; kd [Pg 8.16, T15]
17. Check for compressive stress [Pg 8.13, T8].
i1
i1
c = 0.74 ------- -------- E.[Mt]
a
i.b

[c]

18. Check for bending stress [Pg 8.13, T8].


i1
b = ----------- [Mt]
a.m.b.y

[b]

19. Check for plastic deformation or brittle crushing.

(Mt)max instantaneous maximum due to


starting, sudden stopping, etc.

Under surface contact stress

c max = c

(Mt)max
----------

[Pg 8.21]

[c]max

[c]max

max allowable surface contact


stress to avoid plastic
deformation or brittle crushing
[T 24]

[b]max -

max allowable bending stress


to avoid plastic deformation or
brittle crushing [T 25]

Mt
Under bending
b max = b

(Mt)max
----------

[b]max

Mt
20. Calculate the teeth dimensions.
fo = 1 for full depth
fo = 0.8 for stub teeth

Addendum = fo.m

Height factor

Dedendum = fo + c

c = 0.25m for full depth


Clearance factor c = 0.3m for stub teeth

Total height = addendum + dedendum


Top circle diameter = Pitch circle diameter + 2(addendum)

Pg & T Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book

Spur gear design Pg & T – Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book 1 SPUR GEAR DESIGN PROCEDURE
Spur gear design Pg & T – Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book 2 8. Calculate the centre distance
Spur gear design Pg & T – Page & Table numbers respectively in PSG Design Data Book 3 15. Calculate the pitch line velo

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