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The document provides definitions and explanations of key terminologies related to gears, including addendum and root circles, tooth depth, face and flank of tooth, clearance, tooth thickness, backlash, angle of action, circular pitch, and diametral pitch. It describes the geometric relationships and measurements critical for understanding gear mechanics. The content is structured to clarify the various components and interactions of gear teeth in mechanical systems.

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The document provides definitions and explanations of key terminologies related to gears, including addendum and root circles, tooth depth, face and flank of tooth, clearance, tooth thickness, backlash, angle of action, circular pitch, and diametral pitch. It describes the geometric relationships and measurements critical for understanding gear mechanics. The content is structured to clarify the various components and interactions of gear teeth in mechanical systems.

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Machine

Elements 2
CYLINDER ROLLING TOGETHER WITHOUT SLIPPING
EXTERNAL CONTACT
CYLINDER ROLLING TOGETHER WITHOUT SLIPPING
INTERAL CONTACT
TERMINOLOGIES

Addendum and Root Circles. The circle passing through the


outer ends of the teeth of a gear is called the addendum
circle, and the circle passing through the bottom of the
spaces is called the root or dedendum circle.

Addendum Distance and Root Distance. Tooth Depth. The


radius of the addendum circle minus the radius of the pitch
circle is the addendum distance or, more commonly, the
addendum. The radius of the pitch circle minus the radius of
the root circle is the root distance or dedendum. The
dedendum plus the addendum is the total tooth depth. The
working depth is equal to twice the addendum.
TERMINOLOGIES

Face and Flank of Tooth. Acting Flank. That portion of the


tooth curve which is outside the pitch circle is called the face
of the tooth or tooth face. The part of the tooth curve inside
the pitch circle is called the flank of the tooth.
That part of the flank which comes in contact with the face of
the tooth of the other gear is called the acting flank.

Face Width of Gear. The length of the gear tooth measured


along an element of the pitch surface is called the face width
of the gear.
TERMINOLOGIES

Clearance. The distance measured on the line of centers,


between the addendum circle of one gear and the root circle
of the other, when they are in mesh, is the clearance.
This is evidently equal to the dedendum of one gear minus the
addendum of the mating gear.

Tooth Thickness. Space Width. Backlash. The width of the


tooth, arc distance, measured on the pitch circle is called the
tooth thickness. The arc distance between two adjacent teeth
measured on the pitch circle is called the space width or tooth
space. The difference between the space width and tooth
thickness is the backlash
TERMINOLOGIES

Clearance. The distance measured on the line of centers,


between the addendum circle of one gear and the root circle
of the other, when they are in mesh, is the clearance.
This is evidently equal to the dedendum of one gear minus the
addendum of the mating gear.

Tooth Thickness. Space Width. Backlash. The width of the


tooth, arc distance, measured on the pitch circle is called the
tooth thickness. The arc distance between two adjacent teeth
measured on the pitch circle is called the space width or tooth
space. The difference between the space width and tooth
thickness is the backlash
Angle and Arc of Action. The angle through which the driving gear turns while a
given tooth on the driving gear is pushing the corresponding tooth on the driven
gear is called the angle of action of the driver. Similarly, the angle through which
the driven gear turns while a given one of its teeth is being pushed along
iscalled the angle of action of the driven gear. The angle of approach, in each
case, is the angle through which the gear turns from the time a pair of teeth
come into contact until they are in contact at the pitch point. It will be shown
later that the pitch point is one of the points of contact of a pair of teeth during
the action. The angle of recess is the angle turned through from the time of
pitch point contact until contact ceases.

The angle of action is therefore equal to the angle of approach, plus the angle
of recess.
TERMINOLOGIES

Circular Pitch. The distance from the center of


one tooth to the center of the next tooth,
measured on the pitch circle, is called the
circular pitch. This is, of course, equal to the
distance from any point on a tooth to the
corresponding point on the next tooth
measured along the pitch circle. The circular
pitch is equal to the tooth thickness plus the
space width. The whole circumference of the
pitch circle is equal to the circular pitch
multiplied by the number of teeth, or the
circular pitch is equal to the circumference of
the pitch circle divided by the number of teeth.
TERMINOLOGIES

Diametral Pitch is the term ordinarily used to


designate the tooth size; it is equal to the
number of teeth divided by the diameter of the
pitch circle. Often in designating the size of a
gear the word pitch without the adjective
diametral is used for diametral pitch. For this
reason, the diametral pitch is sometimes called
the pitch number. The diametral pitch is
expressed by the equation.
PLATE 6 – GEAR TOOTH PROFILE

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