A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF TEETH MESHING CONDITIONS AND PROFILE CORRECTION ON THE CARRYING CAPACITY, WEAR, AND LIFE OF A CYLINDRICAL GEAR

Abstract

Using an innovative method for determining wear and life of toothed gears, the author investigates the effect of teeth meshing in a mixed (double-singledouble) tooth engagement of cylindrical helical gears on their contact strength, wear, and service life. The paper also presents a method for determining zones of double and single tooth engagement. It is found that gear profile correction leads to a reduction in maximum contact pressures by about 15–20%, depending on the applied type of correction. The distribution of pressures greatly depends on the conditions of tooth engagement. The wear of teeth is also significantly affected by their meshing conditions. Depending on the type of correction applied and its coefficients, the allowable limit of gear tooth wear will occur at different points of contact: at the beginning of double tooth engagement and at the beginning or end of single-tooth engagement. It is shown that the service life of gears can be considerably prolonged if optimum correction coefficients are applied. Specifically, height correction increases the gear life by 1.66 times while angular correction prolongs the service life of gears by up to two times.