Wednesday, 27 June 2018

A BRIEF OUTLOOK ON GEAR AND SHAFTS

Gear has an old history and its been in use since the ancient time. It can easily be identified by the shape such as involute gear, cycloidal gear. Gear can be classified as a rotating machine which has teeth cut around cylindrical or cone surfaced and had equal spacing. Shaft position also helps in the classification of Gear such as shaft gears and non-intersecting shaft gear. Gear and Shafts are a significant part of the transmission. Both have different types which have specific working. A shaft is a machine which usually rotates in the circular motion. Pulley and gear are fixed on the shaft for its working.


Screw gear is the pair of helical hands with an angle of 45 degrees on non-intersecting, non-parallel shafts . The lubricant is important in this gear as power is produced by sliding of the tooth surface.
The internal gear is used in shaft coupling and gear drives. The external gear is paired with internal gear which has teeth cut on surfaces which can be cylindrical or cone. Teeth limitation is there to prevent the additional interfaces and problems.

Bevel gear has a surface which is like cone shaped.Pitch surface is like cone and teeth are cut along it. This gear is used to transmit force between two different shafts.
Spur Gear is a cylindrical gear and belongs to the category of parallel shaft gear. It is one of the most commonly used because of its accuracy and easy production.

Transmission shafts and Machine shafts are the two types in which shaft is classified. The countershaft is the example of transmission which is used for power transmission between source and machine that absorbs power whereas crankshaft comes into machine shafts.


Gear and Shafts are related to each other in working, and both are required for transmission and

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