Assignment 1.48 Gears

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1.48 Gears

Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• gears to include pitch circle diameter, pitch point, metric module, pinion wheel, simple and compound gear trains;

Gears
Course Content
A gear is a toothed wheel that works together with other gears to alter the speed of the driving gear (perhaps powered by a motor) and a driven wheel (perhaps the wheels of a vehicle). Students need to understand the theory of gears and gear trains and understand their various applications. They need to understand the terminology of gears and how that terminology is applied. They need to understand both simple and compound gear systems and their applications.

What do gears do?
Gears are used in numerous machines. They are put into machines to provide gear reduction. In a car, for example, the engine will run at a very fast speed, perhaps hundreds of revolutions per minute. If the engine was run directly to the wheels without any reduction in speed, the vehicle would literally run away! In order to reduce the speed from the high revolutions of the engine to more manageable speeds in the road wheels, reduction gears are employed. It is also to do with torque. For example, a small very fast …show more content…

The best way of imagining a pitch circle is to think of the gear wheels without teeth, just a series of wheels. Those wheels rotate without any slippage. The Pitch Circle Diameter is the diameter of these wheels.

Pitch Point:
The Pitch Point is the point where two gears meet on their pitch circles.

Metric Module:
The Metric Module is the ratio of the pitch circle diameter to the number of teeth in the gear.

Module =

Pinion

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