Understanding Gear Trains and Rolling Cylinders in Kinematics of Machines
Gear trains play a crucial role in transferring motion in various machines, while rolling cylinders serve as a fundamental mechanism. This article delves into the applications, variations, and fundamental laws associated with gear trains and rolling cylinders, shedding light on their significance in mechanical engineering.
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Subject Name : KINEMATICS OF MACHINES Subject Code : 10ME44 Prepared By : Nirmal Raj & Amardeep Department : Aeronautical Engineering Date : 3/3/2015 Nirmal ,Dept of Aero, Mvjce 1
UNIT-7 GEAR TRAINS
Introduction Gear trains are widely used in all kinds of mechanisms and machines, from can openers to aircraft carriers. Whenever a change in the speed or torque of a rotating device is needed, a gear train or one of its cousins, the belt or chain drive mechanism, will usually be used. 3
Rolling Cylinders The simplest means of transferring rotary motion from one shaft to another is a pair of rolling cylinders. They may be an external set of rolling cylinders or an internal set. Provided that sufficient friction is available at the rolling interface, this mechanism will work quite well. There will be no slip between the cylinders until the maximum available frictional force at the joint is exceeded by the demands of torque transfer. 4
Rolling Cylinders A variation on this mechanism is what causes your car or bicycle to move along the road. Your tire is one rolling cylinder and the road the other (very large radius) one. Friction is all that prevents slip between the two, and it works well unless friction coefficient is reduced by the presence of ice or other slippery substances. A variant on the rolling cylinder drive is the flat or V belt. This mechanism also transfers power through friction and is capable of quite large power levels, provided enough belt cross section is provided. Friction belts are used in a wide variety of applications from small sewing machines to the alternator drive on your car, to multi horsepower generators and pumps. Whenever absolute phasing is not required and power levels are moderate, a friction belt drive may be the best choice. They are relatively quiet running, require no lubrication, and are inexpensive compared to gears and chain drives. 5
The Fundamental Law of Gearing The principal drawbacks to the rolling cylinder drive (or smooth belt) mechanism are its relatively low torque capability and the possibility of slip. The angular velocity ratio between the gears of a gear-set remains constant throughout the mesh. An external set reverses the direction of rotation between the cylinders and requires the negative sign. An internal Gear-set or a belt or chain drive will have the same direction of rotation on input and output shafts and require the positive sign . 6
Gear Tooth Nomenclature Circular Pitch: The circular pitch is the arc length along the pitch circle circumference measured from a point on one tooth to the same point on the next. The circular pitch defines the tooth size. where d = pitch diameter and N = number of teeth. 7
Gear Tooth Nomenclature Base Pitch: The tooth pitch can also be measured along the base circle circumference and then is called the base pitch pb. Diametral Pitch: The diametral pitch pd is: pd = N/d Module: It is the reciprocal of diametral pitch with pitch diameter measured in millimeters. m = d/N In terms of diameters and number of teeth, the Velocity and Torque ratios are: Gear Ratio: The gear ratio mG is always > 1 and can be expressed in terms of either the velocity ratio or torque ratio depending on which is larger than 1. Thus mG expresses the gear train's overall ratio independent of change in direction of rotation or of the direction of power flow through the train when operated either as a speed reducer or a speed increaser. 8
GEAR TYPES SPUR GEARS: SPUR GEARS are ones in which the teeth are parallel to the axis of the gear. This is the simplest and least expensive form of gear to make. Spur gears can only be meshed if their axes are parallel. HELICAL GEARS: HELICAL GEARS are ones in which the teeth are at a helix angle with respect to the axis of the gear. 9
GEAR TYPES HERRINGBONE GEARS : HERRINGBONE GEARS are formed by joining two helical gears of identical pitch and diameter but of opposite hand on the same shaft. These two sets of teeth are often cut on the same gear blank. WORMS AND WORM GEARS: If the helix angle is increased sufficiently, the result will be a worm, which has only one tooth wrapped continuously around its circumference a number of times, analogous to a screw thread. This worm can be meshed with a special worm gear (or worm wheel), whose axis is perpendicular to that of the worm. Because the driving worm typically has only one tooth, the ratio of the gear-set is equal to one over the number of teeth on the worm gear. Perhaps the major advantage of the worm-set is that it can be designed to be impossible to back drive. 10
GEAR TYPES RACK AND PINION: Sometimes, the gear of a shaft meshes externally and internally with the gears in a straight line. Such type of gear is called rack and pinion. The straight line gear is called rack and the circular wheel is called pinion. A little consideration will show that with the help of a rack and pinion, we can convert linear motion into rotary motion and vice-versa. BEVEL GEARS: For right-angle drives, crossed helical gears or a worm-set can be used. For any angle between the shafts, including 90 , bevel gears may be the solution. Just as spur gears are based on rolling cylinders, bevel gears are based on rolling cones . The angle between the axes of the cones and the included angles of the cones can be any compatible values as long as the apices of the cones intersect. If they did not intersect, there would be a mismatch of velocity at the interface. 11
GEAR TYPES SPIRAL BEVEL GEARS: If the teeth are parallel to the axis of the gear, it will be a straight bevel gear. If the teeth are angled with respect to the axis, it will be a spiral bevel gear, analogous to a helical gear. The cone axes and apices must intersect in both cases. The advantages and disadvantages of straight bevel and spiral bevel gears are similar to those of the spur gear and helical gear, respectively, regarding strength, quietness, and cost. 12
Simple Gear Trains A gear train is any collection of two or more meshing gears. A simple gear train is one in which each shaft carries only one gear. The velocity ratio (sometimes called train ratio) of this gear-set is found by expanding equation: Consider a simple gear train with four gears in series. The expression for this simple train's velocity ratio is: mv = (-N1/N2) (-N2/N3) (-N3/N4) = -N1/N4 It may be noted that when the number of intermediate gears are odd, the motion of both the gears is like. But if the number of intermediate gears are even, the motion of the driven or follower will be in the opposite direction of the driver. These intermediate gears are called idle gears. Simple Gear Trains are limited to a ratio of about 10: 1 . 13
Compound Gear Trains When there are more than one gear on a shaft, it is called a compound train of gear. Since the idle gears, in a simple train of gears do not effect the speed ratio of the system. But these gears are useful in bridging over the space between the driver and the driven. To get a train ratio of greater than about 10:1 with spur, helical, or bevel gears (or any combination thereof) it is necessary to compound the train. The speed ratio of compound gear train is obtained as: mv = (-N1/N2)x(-N3/N4)x(-N5/N6) The advantage of a compound train over a simple gear train is that a much larger speed reduction from the first shaft to the last shaft can be obtained with small gears. *Since gears 2 and 3 are mounted on one shaft B, therefore N2 = N3. Similarly gears 4 and 5 are mounted on shaft C, therefore N4 = N5. 14
Reverted Gear Trains When the axes of the first gear (i.e. first driver) and the last gear (i.e. last driven or follower) are co-axial, then the gear train is known as reverted gear train Let T1 = Number of teeth on gear 1, r1 = Pitch circle radius of gear 1, and N1 = Speed of gear 1 in r.p.m. Similarly, T2, T3, T4 = Number of teeth on respective gears, r2, r3, r4 = Pitch circle radii of respective gears, and N2, N3, N4 = Speed of respective gears in r.p.m. Since the distance between the centers of the shafts of gears 1 and 2 as well as gears 3 and 4 is same, therefore r1 + r2 = r3 + r4 mv = N1/N4 = T2 xT4/T1x T3 15
Epicyclic or Planetary Gear Trains The conventional gear trains described in the previous sections are all one-degree-of- freedom (DOF) devices. Another class of gear train has wide application, the epicyclic or planetary train. This is a two-DOF device. Two inputs are needed to obtain a predictable output. The epicyclic gear trains are useful for transmitting high velocity ratios with gears of moderate size in a comparatively lesser space. They are used in the back gear of lathe, differential gears of the automobiles, hoists, pulley blocks, wrist watches etc. 16
1. Tabular method TA = Number of teeth on gear A TB= Number of teeth on gear B. Suppose that the arm is fixed. Therefore, the axes of both the gears are also fixed relative to each other. When the gear A makes one revolution anticlockwise, the gear B will make TA / TB NB / NA = TA / TB Since NA = 1 revolution, therefore NB= TA / TB Assuming the anticlockwise rotation as positive and clockwise as negative.
2. Algebraic method In this method, the motion of each element of the epicyclic train relative to the arm is set down in the form of equations. The number of equations depends upon the number of elements in the gear train. Let the arm C be fixed in an epicyclic gear train as shown in Fig Therefore, Seed of the gear A relative to the arm C= N(A)-N(C) Speed of the gear B relative to the arm C= N(B) N(C)
Compound Epicyclic Gear Train (Sun and Planet Gear)
ADVANTAGES of Simple Gear Train to connect gears where a large center distance is required to obtain desired direction of motion of the driven gear ( CW or CCW) to obtain high speed ratio
ADVANTAGES of Compound Gear Train A much larger speed reduction from the first shaft to the last shaft can be obtained with small gear. If a simple gear trains used to give a large speed reduction, the last gear has to be very large.
Advantages of Riverted Gear Train The reverted gear trains are used in automotive transmissions, lathe back gears, industrial speed reducers, and in clocks (where the minute and hour hand shafts are co-axial).
ADVANTAGES of Epicyclic Gear Train They have higher gear ratios. They are popular for automatic transmissions in automobiles. They are also used in bicycles for controlling power of pedaling automatically or manually. They are also used for power transmission between internal combustion engine and an electric motor.
