CORRECTION OF THE CYLINDRICAL HELICAL-GEAR WHEEL PAIR FOR WEAR DECREASE OF TEETH’ INVOLUTE SURFACES

Abstract

Purpose. It is to create a method for determination of profile shift coefficients, such that during the operation of a cylindrical helical-gear pair the sum of the wear rates of involute surfaces on the contacting sections at the highest and lowest active points of teeth’ profiles of driving and driven wheels will be a minimum.
 Research methods are based on integrated application of the involute gear theory and tribological laws. The secant method that is known in computational mathematics is used to find a root of nonlinear equation.
 Results. The method is created for determination of rational values of correction parameters for cylindrical helical-gear wheels, which maximize the service life of this gear pair until the maximum sum of worn-layer thicknesses on the contacting sections of the teeth’ active surfaces reaches limiting permissible value. An example of application of this method in design calculation of the cylindrical helical-gear pair is given.
 Scientific novelty. Calculation model is elaborated for determination of the sum of worn-layer thicknesses on the most wearing contacting sections of the teeth’ active surfaces of a cylindrical helical-gear wheel pair. It is derived an equation of the linkage between such values of profile shift coefficients for the driving and driven helical-gear wheels which minimize the greatest sum of wear rates on mentioned sections of teeth’ surfaces. Solution of this equation by numerical method for the helical-gear pair having standard distance between axes allows determination of rational values of correction parameters for these wheels.
 Practical value. Application of the created method for determination of profile shift coefficients is expedient in design of cylindrical helical-gear pairs for machines and equipment, which operate in conditions when it is impossible to protect the engagement region from ingress of abrasive particles.