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Pitch Circle Diameter: It is the diameter of a circle which by pure rolling action
would produce the same motion on the toothed gear wheel.
Module : It is defined as the length of the pitch circle diameter per tooth.
Clearance: It is the radial distance from top of the tooth to the bottom of the tooth
space in the mating.
Terminology
Backlash:
It is the tangential space between teeth of mating gears at pitch circles.
Full depth:
It is sum of addendum and the dedendum.
Face width :
Face width is length of tooth parallel to axes.
Terminology
Circular pitch:
Circular pitch is space in pitch circle used by each teeth.
Gear Ratio:
Gear ratio is numbers of teeth larger gear to smaller gear.
Pressure line:
Pressure line is common normal at the point of contact of mating gears along which
the driving tooth exerts force on the driven tooth.
Terminology
Pitch angle:
Contact Ratio:
4. Calculate the value of chordal addendum (d) from the below equation:
5. Set the gear tooth vernier calliper for depth ‘d’ and measure ‘w’ i.e.,
chordal thickness of tooth.
Procedure
7. Compare the actual value with the theoretical value obtained from the
below formula:
Chordal thickness:
W=N.M sin (90/N)
Advantages and limitations
This method is simple and inexpensive.
However it needs different setting for a variation in number of teeth for a
given pitch.
Accuracy is limited by the least count of instrument.
The wear during use is concentrated on the two jaws.
The caliper has to be calibrated at regular intervals to maintain the
accuracy of measurement