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The document discusses how gears of different sizes and configurations turn when connected or driven by other gears or mechanisms. It provides examples of gear arrangements and asks how specific gears would turn in each example.

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STEM Critical Thinking – III

Gears
Gears are toothed wheels or cylinders. Gears can be meshed together or can be
connected by one or more belts.

Figure 1 Figure 2

If gears are touching , adjacent gears move in opposite directions. In Figure 1, Gear
B turning in counter-clockwise direction makes Gears A and C turn in clockwise
direction. In Figure 2, Gear B turning in clockwise direction makes Gears A and C turn
in counter-clockwise direction, which make Gear D turn in clockwise direction and
Gear E turn in counter-clockwise direction.

Figure 3 Figure 4

If there are odd number of gears, meshed one after another, the first gear and the
last gear always turn in the same direction. In Figure 3, Gear A turning in clockwise
direction makes Gear E turn in clockwise direction. In case, if there are 7 gears meshed
one after the another: (a) the first, the third, the fifth and the seventh gear turn in the
same direction; (b) the second, the fourth and the sixth gear turn in the same direction
(but in opposite direction of odd numbered gears); and (c) (a) and (b) are valid
regardless of how many gears are in the mesh
If there are even number of gears, meshed one after another, the first gear and the
last gear always turn in the opposite direction. In Figure 4, Gear 1 turning in
counter-clockwise direction makes Gears 2, 4, and 6 turn in clockwise direction.

Figure 5 Figure 6

Gears with equal number of teeth, as shown in Figure 5, will turn at the same
speed. If gears have unequal number of teeth, as shown in Figre 6, smaller gears
(like Gear P) with less number of teeth turn faster than gears with more number of
teeth (like Gear Q).

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Figure 7

As shown in Figure 7, ff the bar with teeth at the bottom moves to the right (consider it
as clockwise turn) the attached gear P turns in the same direction (clockwise). If the bar
A turns left ( consider it counter-clockwise), the Gear P turns counter-clockwise as
well.

Figure 8
As shown in Figure 8, ff the bar with teeth on top moves to the left (consider it as
clockwise turn) the attached gear P turns in the same direction (clockwise). If the bar A
turns right (counter-clockwise), the Gear P turns counter-clockwise as well.

Figure 9

Figure 10 Figure 11

If wheels (gears) are connected by a belt, they all move in the same
direction. In Figure 10, Wheel C turning in counter-clockwise direction makes Wheels A
and B turn counter-clockwise as well. In Figure 11, Wheel C turning in clockwise
direction makes Wheels A and B turn clockwise as well.
Figure 12 Figure 13

In Figure 12, the wheel turning in clockwise direction makes the gear attached to the
wheel turn first in clockwise direction and then in counter-clockwise direction. It means
Gear A turns first in counter-clockwise direction and then in clockwise direction.

In Figure 13, the wheel turning in counter-clockwise direction makes the gear attached
to the wheel turn first in counter-clockwise direction and then in clockwise direction. It
means Gear A turns first in clockwise direction and then in counter-clockwise direction.

Example 1: In which direction Gears A and Y turn in in Figures (a) and (b)?

(a) (b)
Example 2: In the picture given below, how does Gear E turn?

Example 3: In the picture given below how does Gear B turn?


Example 4: In the picture given below, how does Gear E turn?

Example 5: In the picture given below, how does Gear A turn?


Example 6: In the above picture, how does Gear L turn?

Example 7: In the above picture, how does Gear E turn?


Example 8: In the picture given below, how do Gears C and D turn?

Example 9: In the picture given below, how does Gear 1 turn?


Example 10: In the picture given below, how does Bar B turn?

Example 11: In the picture given below, how does wheel C turn?
Example 12: In the picture given below, how does Wheel D turn?

Example 13: In the picture given below, how does wheel E turn?

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