Abstract
An internal helical gear pair with point contact pattern based on the space meshing theory is proposed which consists of an involute internal gear and a pinion with quadratic curve profile. Particularly, the contact path of the tooth surface is selectable, which can inherit the characteristic of the surface. Moreover, this type of internal gear pair has lower sensitivity to assembly errors. The generation principle and mathematical model is presented. The motion simulation and adaptability to center distance error of the internal gear pair are discussed. The gear pair is manufactured. Based on the mathematical model and tooth contact analysis (TCA) method, the locations of contact points and kinematic errors are determined under different center distance variation and axial misalignments. The simulated results reveal that the locations of contact points of the gear and pinion change under assembly errors. Little kinematic error occurs under axial misalignment. No edge contact occurs under any assembly error condition. Experiment study is performed and the result is consistent with the theoretical analysis.
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Abbreviations
- u, v :
-
parameters of the surface
- ϕ :
-
parameter of the space curve
- M ij :
-
transformation matrix from system j to i
- t :
-
parameter of curve Γc
- r :
-
radius of base circle
- θ :
-
involute parameter
- p :
-
helix parameter
- α :
-
rotation angle about the axis
- B :
-
tooth width
- i 12 :
-
transmission ratio
- k 1 :
-
parameter of quadratic curve
- z 1, z 2 :
-
teeth numbers of pinion and internal gear
- Δϕ 2 :
-
kinematic error of the gear pair
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Peng, S., Chen, Bk., Liang, D. et al. Mathematical Model and Tooth Contact Analysis of an Internal Helical Gear Pair with Selectable Contact Path. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 19, 837–848 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-018-0100-5
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