Actual Tooth Contact Analysis of Straight Bevel Gears

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kolivand ◽  
H. Ligata ◽  
G. Steyer ◽  
D. K. Benedict ◽  
J. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Error ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Finishing Processes

Theoretically, spherical involutes are used as one of the base topographies for straight bevel gears. Actual bevel gears, however, have deviations from their intended topographies due to manufacturing errors, heat treatment deviations, and finishing processes. Measuring the physical parts with coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), this study proposes a new approach to capture such deviations. The measured deviations from spherical involute are expressed in form of a third-order two-dimensional (2D) polynomial function and added to the base topography to duplicate the geometry of the actual part; tooth thickness deviation is also accounted for and corrected through changing the theoretical tooth thickness. The resultant surfaces are then used to construct ease-off and surface of roll angle topographies and to perform tooth contact analysis (TCA) and calculate motion transmission error (TE). At the end a sample straight bevel gear set is measured and utilizing the proposed approach its predicted TCA is compared to the experimental TCA obtained from roll tester. The results show very good correlation between the predicted and actual TCA of the parts. Utilizing the proposed methodology, the other bevel gear base profile geometries (such as octoids) can also be analyzed. In the proposed approach, the difference between other base geometries and spherical involutes can be treated as deviations from spherical involutes and can be taken into account to perform TCA.

Tooth Contact Analysis and Transmission Error Optimization for Klingelnberg Spiral Bevel Gear

2013 ◽  
Vol 310 ◽  
pp. 323-327
Author(s):  
Chun Hua Guo ◽  
Wen Tong Yang ◽  
Zhi Feng Liu ◽  
Zhi Min Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Optimization ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Bevel Gear ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Optimization Parameters ◽  
Spiral Bevel

The contents of the paper cover tooth contact analysis and optimization of transmission error for Klingelnberg spiral bevel gear. First, the rolling model, tooth contact analysis formulas are derived, contact area and transmission error curve is plotted. Second, the fuzzy optimization method is established to enhance the performance of the gears meshing, the optimization parameters can be confirmed to reduce transmission error. Third, an example of Klingelnberg spiral bevel gear for the illustration of the developed theory is represented.

Simulation and Experimental Measurement of the Transmission Error of Real Hypoid Gears Under Load

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Gosselin ◽  
Thierry Guertin ◽  
Didier Remond ◽  
Yves Jean
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Hypoid Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Hypoid Gears ◽  
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Analysis Models

The Transmission Error and Bearing Pattern of a gear set are fundamental aspects of its meshing behavior. To assess the validity of gear simulation models, the Transmission Error and Bearing Pattern of a Formate Hypoid gear set are measured under a variety of operating positions and applied loads. Measurement data are compared to simulation results of Tooth Contact Analysis and Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis models, and show excellent agreement for the considered test gear set. [S1050-0472(00)00901-6]

Optimal Machine-Tool Settings for the Manufacture of Face-Hobbed Spiral Bevel Gears

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilmos V. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Search Method ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

In this study, an optimization methodology is proposed to systematically define the optimal head-cutter geometry and machine-tool settings to simultaneously minimize the tooth contact pressure and angular displacement error of the driven gear (the transmission error), and to reduce the sensitivity of face-hobbed spiral bevel gears to the misalignments. The proposed optimization procedure relies heavily on the loaded tooth contact analysis for the prediction of tooth contact pressure distribution and transmission errors influenced by the misalignments inherent in the gear pair. The load distribution and transmission error calculation method employed in this study were developed by the author of this paper. The targeted optimization problem is a nonlinear constrained optimization problem, belonging to the framework of nonlinear programming. In addition, the objective function and the constraints are not available analytically, but they are computable, i.e., they exist numerically through the loaded tooth contact analysis. For these reasons, a nonderivative method is selected to solve this particular optimization problem. That is the reason that the core algorithm of the proposed nonlinear programming procedure is based on a direct search method. The Hooke and Jeeves pattern search method is applied. The effectiveness of this optimization was demonstrated on a face-hobbed spiral bevel gear example. Drastic reductions in the maximum tooth contact pressure (62%) and in the transmission errors (70%) were obtained.

scholarly journals A Method for Thermal Analysis of Spiral Bevel Gears

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Handschuh ◽  
T. P. Kicher
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Finite Element Program ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Spiral Bevel

A modelling method for analyzing the three-dimensional thermal behavior of spiral bevel gears has been developed. The model surfaces are generated through application of differential geometry to the manufacturing process for face-milled spiral bevel gears. Contact on the gear surface is found by combining tooth contact analysis with three-dimensional Hertzian theory. The tooth contact analysis provides the principle curvatures and orientations of the two surfaces. This information is then used directly in the Hertzian analysis to find the contact size and maximum pressure. Heat generation during meshing is determined as a function of the applied load, sliding velocity, and coefficient of friction. Each of these factors change as the point of contact changes during meshing. A nonlinear finite element program was used to conduct the heat transfer analysis. This program permitted the time- and position-varying boundary conditions, found in operation, to be applied to a one-tooth model. An example model and analytical results are presented.

Assembly interference and its avoidance of spiral bevel gears in cyclo-palloid system

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (2) ◽  
pp. 704-717
Author(s):  
Isamu Tsuji ◽  
Kazumasa Kawasaki
Keyword(s):  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Tooth Surfaces ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Good Agreement

In this article, the assembly interference of spiral bevel gears in a Klingelnberg cyclo-palloid system is analyzed based upon tooth contact analysis and is investigated experimentally. Each backlash in increasing mounting distance of the pinion is calculated step by step, using developed tooth contact analysis. When the backlash increases, the assembly interference does not occur based upon the calculated results. When the backlash decreases and is less than zero, the assembly interference occurs. When the assembly interference occurs, the tooth surfaces should be modified in order to prevent the assembly interference. In this case, a method of the modification is proposed. The experimental results showed a good agreement with the analyzed ones. As a result, the validity of the analysis and avoidance of the assembly interference in this method was confirmed.

Tooth contact analysis of a curvilinear gear set with modified pinion tooth geometry

2011 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y-C Chen ◽  
M-L Gu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Bearing Contact ◽  
Parallel Axis

This article investigated the contact behaviours of a modified curvilinear gear set for parallel-axis transmission, which exhibits a pre-designed parabolic transmission error (TE) and localized bearing contact. The proposed gear set is composed of a modified pinion with curvilinear teeth and an involute gear with curvilinear teeth. Tooth contact analysis enabled the authors to explore the influences of assembly errors and design parameters on TEs and contact ellipses of this gear set. It is observed that TEs were continuous and the contact ellipses were localized in the middle of the tooth flanks, even under assembly errors. Finite-element contact analysis was performed to study stress distributions under different design parameters. In addition, numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the contact characteristics of the modified curvilinear gear set.

Tooth Contact Analysis of Planetary Gear Trains with Equally Spaced Planets

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 279-282
Author(s):  
Kai Xu ◽  
Xiao Zhong Deng ◽  
Jian Jun Yang ◽  
Guan Qiang Dong
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Gear Train ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Planetary Gear Train ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Gear Trains ◽  
Equal Space

Based on Tooth Contact Analysis (TCA), a feasible approach for Transmission Error (TE) of planetary gear train is proposed in this paper. With a view to getting the total TE curve of the planetary gear train, a specific analysis of the TE from the planetary gear train with only one planet should be proceed firstly, the second step is to calculate each phase difference of planets in the gear train. The applicable conditions for the simplified calculation are spur gear or involute gear pairs in the gear train. Due to equal space between them, planets have the same phase angle.

Tooth Contact Analysis of Longitudinal Cycloidal-Crowned Helical Gears With Circular Arc Teeth

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Shiang Wang ◽  
Zhang-Hua Fong
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Longitudinal Direction ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Helical Gear ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Circular Arc ◽  
Tooth Flank ◽  
Assembly Error

This paper proposes a new type of double-crowned helical gear that can be continuously cut on a modern Cartesian-type hypoid generator with two face-hobbing head cutters and circular-arc cutter blades. The gear tooth flank is double crowned with a cycloidal curve in the longitudinal direction and a circular arc in the profile direction. To gauge the sensitivity of the transmission errors and contact patterns resulting from various assembly errors, this paper applies a tooth contact analysis technique and presents several numerical examples that show the benefit of the proposed double-crowned helical gear set. In contrast to a conventional helical involute gear, the tooth bearing and transmission error of the proposed gear set are both controllable and insensitive to gear-set assembly error.

Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis and Stresses in Spiral Bevel Gears

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilmos V. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Angular Position ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Spiral Bevel Gears ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Exact Position ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

The method for loaded tooth contact analysis is applied for the investigation of the influence of misalignments and tooth errors on load distribution, stresses and transmission errors in mismatched spiral bevel gears. By using the corresponding computer program the influence of pinion’s offset and axial adjustment error, angular position error of the pinion axis and tooth spacing error on tooth contact pressure, tooth root stresses and angular displacement of the driven gear member from the theoretically exact position based on the ratio of the numbers of teeth is investigated. The obtained results have shown that in general, the misalignments in spiral bevel gears worsen the conjugation of contacting tooth surfaces and in extreme cases cause edge contact with high tooth contact pressures. But, some mismatches, as are the axial movement of the pinion apex towards the gear teeth or the tip relief of pinion teeth (in this analysis it is represented by the tooth spacing error) reduce the maximum tooth contact pressure. Also it can be concluded that the misalignments and the tooth spacing errors significantly increase the angular position error of the driven gear from the theoretically exact position based on the numbers of teeth and make the motion graphs unbalanced.

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