Research on Meshing of Face Gear Drive under Errors of Alignment and Machining

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.

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.


2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 327-332
Author(s):  
Jin Hua Wang ◽  
Yun Bo Shen ◽  
Ze Yong Yin ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
Yan Ying Jiang

Load sharing is one of the main factors that determine gear strength. In this paper, Tooth Contact Analysis (TCA) and Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis (LTCA) have been performed to investigate the effect of tooth surface modification on the contact ratio, load sharing and strength of an orthogonal offset face gear drive with spur involute pinion. The results indicate that the contact ratio of 2.0 or higher could be achieved. The maximum load carried by single tooth and bending stress are significantly reduced when appropriate tooth surface modification is applied to the orthogonal offset face gear drive.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 168781401879825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuezhong Fu ◽  
Zongde Fang ◽  
Yanmei Cui ◽  
Xiangying Hou ◽  
Jianhua Li

This article proposes the application of a profile-shifted grinding disc to generate an offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear. A detailed investigation of the modelling, tooth geometry and contact characteristics of the offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear has been conducted. The mathematical models of the profile-shifted shaper cutter, profile-shifted pinion, profile-shifted grinding disc and offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear are established. Considering the topological modification, the tooth surface equation of the offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear is deduced. Based on the undercutting and pointing of the tooth surface, the limiting tooth width of the offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear is determined, and a mathematical model of tooth contact analysis of the offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear drive is established with the alignment errors. Using the approach presented in this article, an example of an offset, non-orthogonal and profile-shifted face gear drive and analytical results are presented.


2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 1154-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Guo ◽  
Ning Zhao ◽  
Hao Gao

This paper proposes a modification method for tooth surface of face gear drive with a grinding worm on a numerical grinding machine. The surface equation of grinding worm is derived, and the coordinate System of generating the worm is established. Tooth contact analysis (TCA) is performed to investigate the performance of face gear drive before and after modification, and the alignment error is considered. This method can obtain a more stable bearing contact in contrast to the method by increasing tooth number of shaper. The longitudinal bearing contact on the face-gear tooth surface has been obtained which will increase the contact ratio. By modification the edge contact at surface edges of the gears can be avoided and the modification magnitude can be controlled freely.


2010 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 408-412
Author(s):  
Jing Lin Tong ◽  
Yun Bo Shen ◽  
Xiao Bo Wang

Based on the technology of face gear shaping, the tooth surface design and geometry were investigated that include tooth generation, limiting inner and outer radii. The computer were applied to simulated tooth contact analysis and transmission ratio of gear drive. A novice method is proposed for face gear generated by use of a general shaper. A face gear with 77 teeth was generated successfully by the shaper. For the purpose to certificate the bearing contact of gear drive, an experimental investigation was also developed in the bevel gear meshing machine. The results show the experimental bearing contact of face gear drive is correspondence to the computerized design, which validated the feasibility of face gear shaping by a general shaper.


2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Xiang Wei Cai ◽  
Zong De Fang ◽  
Jin Zhan Su

The generating of face gear with arcuate tooth has been proposed in this paper, and the meshing characteristics are investigated. Based on the concept of imaginary gear cutter, tooth surface equation has been derived, flank modification has also been considered. The transmission errors and bearing contacts of the face gear drive with arcuate tooth under different assembly conditions are investigated by applying the tooth contact analysis. The numerical results reveal that the bearing contacts are not sensitive to the errors of misalignments, and a more favorable type parabolic function of transmission errors with better symmetry and reduced amplitude may be obtained according to the modification of the face gear.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Zhang ◽  
Z. Wu

This paper presents a detailed investigation on the manufacturing, tooth geometry and contact characteristics of face gear drives with offset axes. In the paper, the tooth geometry of offset face gears is analytically determined by simulating the conjugate motion between the gear and the cutting tool in the generation process. Design criteria are established for the optimal tooth element proportions of offset face gears that avoid tooth undercutting and pointing. The tooth surface geometry of the gear member of the drive is modified by using a shaper that resembles the pinion in profile but has a few more teeth than the pinion to localize the tooth contact. The contact characteristics of the offset face gears are analyzed by a tooth contact analysis (TCA) program that simulates the meshing process of the gear drive assembled under misalignment. An example of offset face gear design and contact analysis is included in the paper.


2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
Yun Bo Shen ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
Wen Qiang Ding

Bending stress is a principal factor that defines the fatigue life of face gear. A new tooth surface structure with circular arc of fillet surface for the face gear has been developed. A method of processing or cutting of fillet surfaces of helical face gear by application of a shaper with tooth rounded top has also been represented. The bending stress of the tooth of face gear with new surface structure has been performed by computer simulation. Two versions of finite element model of tooth surfaces of face gear are generated by application of numerical technology. One version is based on the cutting shaper with tooth top shaper corner and another version is with addendum rounded top. Tooth contact analysis (TCA) and loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) for the two versions of face gear drives with helical spur gear are also considered. The results of simulation show that the bending stress of tooth surface of the face gear with fillet surface generated by the rounded top of the shaper is 12% lower than the first version’s.


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