An Improved Algorithm for Tooth Contact Analysis for Hypoid Gear Based on Axial Section Programming

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 1392-1396
Author(s):  
Wei Wei ◽  
Lian Hong Zhang

An improved algorithm of tooth contact analysis (TCA) is proposed to overcome the deficiency of the current TCA algorithm for hypoid gear. The key improvement of the proposed algorithm is to introduce proportional coefficients of tooth length and tooth height in TCA. The solution domain of the nonlinear equations in TCA is limited in the range of tooth surface by variable substitution. By analyzing the positions which boundary points possibly appear on axial section, the values of proportional coefficients corresponding to the positions are obtained. Boundary points of the contact trace are computed with particle swarm algorithm and conjugate gradient method, and distributed points on the contact trace are solved according to information of boundary points. With the improved algorithm the boundary points of the contact trace can be figured out accurately and there is no need to set initial values for tooth contact analysis.

2013 ◽  
Vol 341-342 ◽  
pp. 572-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Fu Du ◽  
Zong De Fang ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
Xing Long Zhao ◽  
Yu Min Feng

The geometry of the tooth surface is important for tooth contact analysis, load tooth contact analysis and the ease-off of gear pairs. This paper presents a mathematical model for the determination of the tooth geometry of Klingelnberg face-hobbed hypoid gears. The formulation for the generation of gear and pinion tooth surfaces and the equations for the tooth surface coordinates are provided in the paper. The surface coordinates and normal vectors are calculated and tooth surfaces and 3D tooth geometries of gear and pinion are obtained. This method may also applied to other face-hobbing gears.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingyu Yang ◽  
Chaosheng Song ◽  
Caichao Zhu ◽  
Siyuan Liu ◽  
Chengcheng Liang

Abstract Hypoid gear with small cone angle and large pitch cone distance can be directed at the transmission with low shaft angle (LSA). The manufacturing process has more freedoms of motion to control the tooth surface and ensure higher mesh performance. However, it is difficult to adjust the machine settings due to the extreme geometry. This paper focused on the manufacturing process and machine settings calculation of hypoid gear with low shaft angle (LSA hypoid gear). Based on the generating process, nongenerated gear, and generated pinion manufactured by circular cutter blade, the mathematic model of tooth surface of LSA hypoid gear was developed, and the expressions of principal directions and curvatures of LSA hypoid gear were derived. The relationship of curvatures between pinion and gear was also proposed. Then based on the basic relationships of two mating surfaces, an approach to determinate machine settings for LSA hypoid gear was proposed. Finally, the tooth contact analysis (TCA) and loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) were directed at the validation of machine settings’ derivation. TCA contact pattern results highly coincide with the preset values. And the LTCA contact pattern also highly coincides with TCA results, it can be considered that the determination approach of machine settings is valid. The TCA transmission error result also shows that the ratio of contact is quite large, which is a little bigger than 2. Thus, the load bearing ability and stability of LSA hypoid gear may be superior.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kolivand ◽  
A. Kahraman

Actual hypoid gear tooth surfaces do deviate from the theoretical ones either globally due to manufacturing errors or locally due to reasons such as tooth surface wear. A practical methodology based on ease-off topography is proposed here for loaded tooth contact analysis of hypoid gears having both local and global deviations. This methodology defines the theoretical pinion and gear tooth surfaces from the machine settings and cutter parameters, and constructs the surfaces of the theoretical ease-off and roll angle to compute for the unloaded contact analysis. This theoretical ease-off topography is modified based on tooth surface deviations and is used to perform a loaded tooth contact analysis according to a semi-analytical method proposed earlier. At the end, two examples, a face-milled hypoid gear set having local deviations and a face-hobbed one having global deviations, are analyzed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology in quantifying the effect of such deviations on the load distribution and the loaded motion transmission error.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Gosselin ◽  
Thierry Guertin ◽  
Didier Remond ◽  
Yves Jean

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]


Author(s):  
Minoru MAKI ◽  
Masaki WATANABE ◽  
Akira YAMAMOTO ◽  
Takao SHIGEMI

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichiro Tobisawa ◽  
Masaki Kano ◽  
Kohei Saiki ◽  
Tsuyoshi Hanakawa ◽  
Takeshi Yokoyama

2013 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 351-354
Author(s):  
Simon Vilmos

In this study, an optimization methodology is proposed to systematically define head-cutter geometry and machine tool settings to introduce optimal tooth modifications in face-hobbed hypoid gears. The goal of the optimization is to simultaneously minimize tooth contact pressures and angular displacement error of the driven gear, while concurrently confining the loaded contact pattern within the tooth boundaries. The proposed optimization procedure relies heavily on a loaded tooth contact analysis for the prediction of tooth contact pressure distribution and transmission errors. 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. The core algorithm of the proposed nonlinear programming procedure is based on a direct search method. Effectiveness of this optimization was demonstrated by using a face-hobbed hypoid gear example. Considerable reductions in the maximum tooth contact pressure and in the transmission errors were obtained.


2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 1948-1951
Author(s):  
Ning Zhao ◽  
Hui Guo

The coordinate systems for cutting face gears and for meshing of face gear drive with involute cylindrical pinion. The tooth surface equation of face gear with machining errors is deviated, such as change of shaft angle, change of shortest distance between face gear and cutter tool axes, helix angle of cutter tool. Tooth contact analysis applied in the paper considered with the alignment error of the driving system. The tooth contact path and the transmission error of the face gear drive were simulated through the tooth contact analysis for different alignment errors and machining errors. The simulation results indicate that all of the alignment errors and machining error don’t cause transmission error except helix angle error of the cutting tool. The errors will bring the shift of the contact path on gear teeth. The shift of bearing contact can be reduced by combination of different errors of alignment or machining.


Author(s):  
Fang Guo ◽  
Zongde Fang

Gear manufacturing error is one of the main sources of vibration and noise in gears; its influence on the dynamic transmission behaviour of gear systems is a research hotspot. In the current study on the effect of the manufacturing errors, the processing methods of the errors are mostly rough or hypothetical, so the analysis results cannot provide high reference value. This paper proposes a distinctive method to analyse the vibration response of helical gears in the presence of random manufacturing errors and modifications. The presented study performs tooth contact analysis (TCA) with the real tooth surface containing the random tooth profile error and the modification and performs loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) based on the superposition of the random pitch error and the initial gap between mating teeth obtained by TCA. Furthermore, the dynamic excitations, including time-varying mesh stiffness and meshing impact, are computed using the above-mentioned TCA and LTCA. The processing method for the manufacturing errors in this paper is reasonable and close to the actual situation of gear engagement. Using this proposed method, statistical analysis was carried out under machining accuracy grades 5, 6 and 7 to show the effect of the different distributions of random manufacturing errors on the gear vibration. The analysis results are of practical significance and provide references for the design and vibration control of gear drive systems.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 1711-1716
Author(s):  
Shu Yan Zhang ◽  
Hui Guo

A double direction modification with a grinding worm is applied on tooth surface of face gear drive. The surface equations of the rack cutter, shaper and grinding worm are derived respectively. Loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) with finite element method (FEM) is performed to investigate the meshing performance of face gear drive before modification and after modification. The modification by a grinding worm can obviously reduce the sensitivity of face gear drive to misalignment; the bending stress and the contact stress are reduced with avoiding edge contact; the load transmission error is reduced. This method can obtain a more stable bearing contact in contrast to the method by increasing tooth number of shaper, and the modification magnitude can be controlled freely. The investigation is illustrated with numerical examples.


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