Handbook on Face Gear Drives With a Spur Involute Pinion

Abstract

The use of face gears in power transmission and drive systems has a significant number of benefits. Face gears allow a variety of new transmission arrangements as well as high reduction ratio capability. This leads to drive system weight reduction and improvements in performance. In this work, basic information about the design and analysis of face gear drives is presented. The work considers face gears in mesh with spur involute pinions for both intersecting axes and offset drives. Tooth geometry, kinematics, generation of face gears with localized bearing contact by cutting and grinding, avoidance of tooth undercutting, avoidance of tooth pointing, tooth contact analysis, and algorithms for the simulation of meshing and contact are all topics which are discussed. In addition, applications of face gear drives are presented. Included are design uses in aerospace applications such as helicopter transmissions, split-torque face gear arrangements, comparisons of face gears with bevel gears, and general design considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA380815

Entities

People

  • A. Egelja
  • D. Y. Chen
  • F. L. Litvin
  • G. Heath
  • J. Tan

Organizations

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Curvature
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Gear Teeth
  • Geometry
  • Handbooks
  • Helicopters
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test Methods
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers