scholarly journals Ideal Spiral Bevel Gears—A New Approach to Surface Geometry

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Huston ◽  
J. J. Coy
Keyword(s):  
Differential Geometry ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Parametric Representation ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Geometrical Characteristics ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel

This paper discusses the fundamental geometrical characteristics of spiral bevel gear tooth surfaces. The parametric representation of an ideal spiral bevel tooth is developed. The development is based on the elements of involute geometry, differential geometry, and fundamental gearing kinematics. A foundation is provided for the study of nonideal gears and the effects of deviations from ideal geometry on the contact stresses, lubrication, wear, fatigue life, and gearing kinematics.

The Undercutting of Circular-Cut Spiral Bevel Gears

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang-Hua Fong ◽  
Chung-Biau Tsay
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Conditions ◽  
Spiral Bevel

Undercutting is a serious problem in designing spiral bevel gears with small numbers of teeth. Conditions of undercutting for spiral bevel gears vary with the manufacturing methods. Based on the theory of gearing [1], the tooth geometry of the Gleason type circular-cut spiral bevel gear is mathematically modeled. The sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence and regularity of the generated gear tooth surfaces are investigated. The conditions of undercutting for a circular-cut spiral bevel gear are defined by the sufficient conditions of the regular gear tooth surface. The derived undercutting equations can be applicable for checking the undercutting conditions of spiral bevel gears manufactured by the Gleason Duplex Method, Helical Duplex Method, Fixed Setting Method, and Modified Roll Method. An example is included to illustrate the application of the proposed undercut checking equations.

Designing and Manufacturing Spiral Bevel Gears Using 5-Axis CNC Milling Machines

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe¨l Teixeira Alves ◽  
Miche`le Guingand ◽  
Jean-Pierre de Vaujany
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Milling Machine ◽  
Cnc Milling ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel

The design of spiral bevel gears still remains complex since tooth geometry and the resulting kinematics performance stem directly from the manufacturing process. Spiral bevel gear manufacture owes most to the works of Gleason and Klingelnberg. However, recent advances in milling machine technology and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) make it possible to manufacture good quality spiral bevel gears on a standard 5-axis milling machine. This paper describes the CAD definition and manufacturing of spiral bevel gear tooth surfaces. Process performance is assessed by comparing the resulting surfaces after machining with the pre-defined CAD surfaces. Using this manufacturing process allows to propose new type of geometry. This one is more theoretical and, in some respects, easier to design than the standard spiral bevel gear as it enables simpler mesh optimization. The latter can be achieved by using the model of meshing under load recalled in this paper.

New Geometry of Generating Spiral Bevel Gear

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaihong Zhou ◽  
Jinyuan Tang ◽  
Tao Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Previous Method ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Cone Surface ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Involute Curve

New geometry of generating spiral bevel gear is proposed. The key idea of the new proposed geometry is that the gear tooth surface geometry can be investigated in a developed curved surface based on the planar engagement principle. It is proved that the profile curve on the back of generating cone surface is a conical involute curve. The equations of generated gear tooth surface are achieved by the conical involute curve sweeping along the tooth trace of gear. The obtained equations are explicit and independent of the machine-tool settings. This differs from previous studies. The developed theory is illustrated with numerical examples to compare with the previous method, the comparison approves that the method is possible in this way. The new method indicates that there are new solutions to the design the production of spiral bevel gear.

Method for Generation of Spiral Bevel Gears With Conjugate Gear Tooth Surfaces

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. L. Litvin ◽  
Wei-Jiung Tsung ◽  
J. J. Coy ◽  
C. Heine
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Parallel Motion ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel

The authors proposed a method for generation of spiral bevel gears that provides conjugate gear tooth surfaces. This method is based on a new principle for the performance of parallel motion of a straight line that slides along two mating ellispses with related dimensions and parameters of orientation. The parallel motion of the straight line, that is the contact normal, is performed parallel to the line which passes through the foci of symmetry of the related ellipses. The manufacturing of gears can be performed with the existing Gleason’s equipment.

Advanced Design and Manufacture of Face-Hobbed Spiral Bevel Gears

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Mutual Position ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Pinion Gear ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Tooth Flank ◽  
Crown Gear

The design and advanced manufacture of face-hobbed spiral bevel gears on computer numerical control (CNC) hypoid generating machines is presented. The concept of face-hobbed bevel gear generation by an imaginary generating crown gear is established. In order to reduce the sensitivity of the gear pair to errors in tooth-surfaces and to the mutual position of the mating members, modifications are introduced into the teeth of both members. The lengthwise crowning of teeth is achieved by applying a slightly bigger lengthwise tooth flank curvature of the crown gear generating the concave side of pinion/gear tooth-surfaces, and/or by using tilt angle of the head-cutter in the manufacture of pinion/gear teeth. The tooth profile modification is introduced by the circular profile of the cutting edge of head-cutter blades. An algorithm is developed for the execution of motions on the CNC hypoid generating machine using the relations on the cradle-type machine. The algorithm is based on the condition that since the tool is a rotary surface and the pinion/gear blank is also related to a rotary surface, it is necessary to ensure the same relative position of the head cutter and the pinion on both machines.

scholarly journals Surface Geometry of Circular Cut Spiral Bevel Gears

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 743-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Huston ◽  
J. J. Coy
Keyword(s):  
Logarithmic Spiral ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Spiral Bevel

An analysis of the surface geometry of spiral bevel gears formed by a circular cutter is presented. The emphasis is upon determining the tooth surface principal radii of curvature of crown (flat) gears. Specific results are presented for involute, straight, and hyperbolic cutter profiles. It is shown that the geometry of circular cut spiral bevel gears is somewhat simpler than a theoretical logarithmic spiral bevel gear.

Research on Curvature of Tooth Flank of Gleason Spiral Bevel Gears

2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 4256-4260
Author(s):  
Ai Mei Zhang ◽  
Lin Yan Li ◽  
Da Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel

According to spiral bevel gear machining process, use the method of computer simulation to get the discrete points’ three-dimensional coordinates of Gleason spiral bevel gear tooth surface, and then solve the tooth surfaces’ NURBS surface as the unified mathematical model. On this basis, research the curvature of tooth surfaces of various types of Gleason spiral bevel gear, draw the mean curvature diagram, and study the link between the adjustment of processing parameters and the change of tooth surfaces’ mean curvature. Establish a theoretical foundation for the processing error adjustment based on tooth surface’s curvature diagram.

Research on Spiral Bevel Gear NC Machining Control Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 549-557
Author(s):  
Kai Liu ◽  
Bo Liang Xu ◽  
Fang Li ◽  
Yang Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Nc Machining ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Parametric Curve ◽  
Gear Cutting ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel

Based on spiral bevel gear NC manufacture principle and generating motion of the generating gear and the work gear, the NC generation of spiral bevel gear cutting is realized by means of the vector transformation. As sophisticated calculation of the transformation is hard to implement in each interpolation cycle of NC machining, the coordinated motion of NC coordinate axes is expressed as quintic parametric spline functions, which use the rotation angle of the work gear as the parameter. The constrained optimization method of three design variables is established to obtain contacting points of gear tooth surfaces, which are acquired by solving nonlinear equations sets traditionally. The condition of normal coincidence is simplified and the object function of the equal position vectors of mating gears is established. The contacting points of gear tooth surfaces can be used for tooth contact analysis. The parametric curve interpolator is combined with spiral bevel gear NC machining, and is applied to the self-developed spiral bevel gear NC milling machine to control the gear cutting. Experimental results show that the proposed method is feasible and effective in the control of NC machining for the spiral bevel gear.

Surface Geometry of Straight and Spiral Bevel Gears

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. C. Tsai ◽  
P. C. Chin
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Geometrical Characteristics ◽  
Spiral Bevel

The fundamental geometrical characteristics of bevel gears have been discussed in this study. The mathematical modeling of the tooth surface geometry of bevel gears can be developed based on the basic gearing kinematics and involute geometry along with the tangent planes geometry. The parametric representations of the spherical involute and the involute spiraloid, which are the tooth surface geometry of straight bevels and spiral bevels, respectively, have been derived in this paper. This study may provide some fundamentals for computer numerical controlled manufacturing of bevel gears.

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