Transactions of FAMENA, Vol. 45 No. 3, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21278/TOF.453016020
Comparison of Conventional Double-Helical and Curvilinear Cylindrical Gear Drives in Terms of Transmission Errors and Stress
Xuegang Zhang
; School of Mechatronic Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China
Zheng Liang
; School of Mechatronic Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Abstract
Curvilinear cylindrical gear drives are similar to double-helical gear drives as they can avoid the axial thrust during the meshing process. Whether curvilinear cylindrical gear drives are better than double-helical gear drives is a problem to be solved. In this paper, a new gear-generating method for curvilinear gears is proposed based on the theory of gearing. Two different single-side face-milling cutters are used for the generation of concave and convex tooth surfaces, respectively. The curvilinear gear sets being generated have line contact in the meshing process. For the sake of comparison, the double-helical gear sets involved in the comparison study are also a kind of gear sets with line contact. This article includes the following: (1) Comparison of transmission errors and stresses of two types of gear sets with the same contact ratio; (2) Derivation of tooth surface equations, transmission error analysis, and finite element analysis; (3) Four numerical examples which show the advantages and disadvantages of curvilinear cylindrical gear drives.
Keywords
curvilinear gears; double-helical gears; line contact; transmission error; stress analysis
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265695
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Publication date:
1.12.2021.
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