Drawing Spur Gears

Drawing Spur Gears STEP 1 Given Data: (N) = Number of Teeth = 30 (PD) = Pitch Diameter = 6.00 (DP) = Diametral Pitch = 5.00 (PA) = Pressure Angle = 20

1. Calculate ALL required dimensions before you start to draw. a. (A) = Addendum = 1 DP = 1 5.00 = 0.200 b. (D) = Dedendum = 1.157 DP = 1.157 5.00 = .231 c. (OD) = Outside Diameter = PD + 2(A) = 6.00 + 2(.200) = 6.00 + .400 = 6.400 d.(RD) = Root Diameter = PD 2(D) = 6.00 2(.231) = 6.00 - .462 = 5.538 = 5.5 e. (WD) = Whole Depth = 2.157 DP = 2.157 5 = .431 f. (CT) = Chordal Thickness = PD sin(90 N) = 6.00 sin(90 30) = 6.00 sin(3) = 6.00 (.0523) = .300 g. (CA) = Chordal Addendum = A + (CT2 4PD) = 0.200 + (.3142 4(6.00)) = 0.200 + (.0985 24) = 0.200 + .0041 = 0.204 h. (WKD) = Working Depth = 2A = 2(0.200) = 0.400 2. Draw the center circles that represent the hub of the gear. 3. Draw the PD or Pitch Diameter, the OD or Outside Diameter and the RD or Root Diameter. 4. Draw a line tangent to the Pitch Diameter.

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5. Draw the PA or Pressure Angle of 20 at the point of tangency of this line. This gives the Line of Action this will help locate the Base Circle in the gear design. 6. Draw the BC or Base Circle tangent to the Line of Action

7. The spur gear is round 360. Take the number of teeth (N) in your gear in this example well use N = 30. 360 30 = 12. What that means to you in the development of the spur gear is that there is a gear tooth located at every 12 around the gear. This will represent the centerlines of the teeth on the spur gear.

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8. With all the centerlines of the teeth located, the next few steps will focus on drawing a single tooth. 9. Find the (CT) Chordal Thickness. In this example, well use .300 for that dimension. Offset the centerline of the tooth (.150, which is of the CT).

Now, to draw the sides of the tooth: 10. Using a chart (either given to you or in a text) find the (R) radius for the addendum curve and the (r) radius for the dedendum curve of the gear tooth. In this example, the R for a gear having 30 teeth = 4.06 and the r for the same gear = 2.76. To get the radii to be used:
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R DP = 4.06 5 = .812 r DP = 2.76 5 = .552 11. The (CT) is the dimension from one side of the tooth to the other straight across the (PD). (R) = .812 represents the arc from the (PD) to the top of the tooth, the addendum area of the tooth. (r) = .552 represents the arc from the (PD) to the (BC). Using the Pitch Point, draw two arcs representing (R) and (r). This will locate the centerpoint on the BC for drawing one side of the tooth.

12. Using these centerpoints draw the arcs on the tooth. Trim the arcs.

13. Repeat this process using the opposite PITCH POINT to draw the other side of the tooth.

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Once you get the first tooth done, its just a matter of copying that tooth and rotating it (in this example you would rotate at 12 increments) and then placing it along the (BC).
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15. Using the arc intersection at the (BC), draw a line perpendicular to the (RD) or Root Diameter OR extend the arc to the (RD).
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16. Once these are done, the next step is placing the .10 fillets and showing the top of the tooth (which is the arc along the OD of the gear).

17. By using the mirror command, it is possible to transfer the teeth to all sections of the gear if you need to show the full gear with teeth (IF theres a need to show all the teeth).

Count them!!! Theres really 30!!!

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18. Laying out the web or arms of the gear: In this example, there are 6 webs in the gear. The first set is laid out on the perpendicular centerline of the gear.

19. Again the gear is 360 so, if there are 6 webs, 360 6 = 60. What that means is that the centerlines of the webs are offset at 60 around the gear hub.

20. Using the given dimensions (in this case, .560 and .760) locate the points along the edges of the hub circle and the outer (5.00) circle.

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21. Place the fillets on the webs to complete.

22. Typical gear drawing doesnt show the teeth but it does show the OD and RD as thin phantom lines and the PC as a centerline. Below is a comparison between the two types of drawings.

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