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
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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
* This type of system is also referred to as a continuously variable transmission. It is called this because as the engine speed increases the final drive ratio increases. That is, the difference between the engine speed and track speed decreases. It is equivalent to an automatic transmission on a car with an infinite number of gears that you never felt shift. Let's take a look at how this "infinite gearing" process works:
Gears are considered wheels with teeth, sometimes called a cog. When the gears come together they are able to make things turn. You need to have at least two cogs to do any work with a gear. Gear come in many different sizes which help them do work. The purpose for gears is to be able to motion from one moving object to another. Gears are used for many reasons such as to increase or increase the rotational speed, to move rotational motion to a different axis, or to keep the rotation of two axis moving at the same time. There are many different types of gears used for different things examples of some would be spur gear, helical gear, worm gear, internal gear etc. Spur gears are one of the most commonly used gears since they’ve been around the longest. Spur gears have teeth that run vertical to the face of the gear. Helical gears are actually similar to the spur gear the difference between them is that the teeth are not perpendicular to the face of the gear, and tend to run smoother due to the larger amount of teeth it has. (Gears and stuff, 2006)Worm gears are u...
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A shift into first gear sends a shiver of anticipation. Look at the light tree ahead and wait for it to turn green. It starts to count down. The first set of lights goes up. You begin to rev the engine to 2000 RPM’s.
Specifically, on a standard five speed, the gears are as follows: Neutral is located in the middle of the panel. From neutral, gears must be changed accordingly. First gear is found to the far upper left, and is used to get the car moving from a stopped position. Down left is second gear, used for speeds up to twenty-five miles per hour. Third gear is located upper middle of the panel, used for speeds from about twenty-five to forty miles per hour. Fourth gear is found at the lower middle and would be good for between forty and fifty miles per hour. Fifth gear is found to the far upper right, and is used for higher driving speeds such as on the freeway. Last but not least is reverse, which is to the far bottom right, used for backing up. These gears must be maneuvered the exact same way each time the automobile is driven.
Torque= Force x radius , since the radius is half the diameter , T=F x D/2
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The use of manual was deemed too tedious and inert. At immense speeds, the use of a slick shift would be very tough and the drivers wont have that much time to react. Hence the use of more sophisticated and easier transmission systems have come into play. The paddle shift gearboxes are very easy to use. And with the combined strikeforce of a twin plate clutch gearbox, the gear changes are lightning fast. The use of electrohydraulics can be seen here. There is no clutch. Just a brake and a throttle pedal. The flappy paddles are located behing the steering wheel which make it easy for the driver to access it without much
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Before the advent of the automobile, buggies were typically propelled by one or more horses. Even with the first automobiles there was a need for a drive system, though, since those horses were no longer there. One thing that has remained common to every car is a motor and transmission system of some sort, but what varies greatly between cars is what is between the transmission and the wheels, also known as the drive train. There are many different styles of drive trains, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
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