Theory of Machines

Types of Governors

The governors may, broadly, be classified as 1.      Centrifugal governors, and 2.        Inertia governors.…

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Backlash

The gap between the non-drive face of the pinion tooth and the…

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Interference in Involute Gears

The tooth tip of the pinion will then undercut the tooth on…

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Length of Arc of Contact

Arc of contact is the path traced by a point on the…

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Length of Path of Contact

Consider a pinion driving wheel as shown in figure. When the pinion…

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Systems of Gear Teeth

The following four systems of gear teeth are commonly used in practice:…

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Advantages of Cycloidal gear teeth

1.  Since the cycloidal teeth have wider flanks, therefore the cycloidal gears are…

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Forms of Teeth

Involute Profile The following examples are involute spur gears. We use the…

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Conjugate Profiles

To obtain the expected velocity ratio of two tooth profiles, the normal line of…

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Gear-Tooth Action

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