This workshop provides a comprehensive understanding of the essential fundamentals of bevel gears. The main focus is on different types of bevel gears, manufacturing processes, and the basics of bevel gear calculation. Participants will take a closer look at spiral bevel gears (Klingelnberg’s Zyklo-Palloid®). GearEngineer, eAssistant, and TBK 2014 software are used to illustrate key principles.
The seminar is designed for young professionals, experienced engineers, designers, and technicians who want to enhance their practical knowledge of bevel gears.
Main Topics
- Types of bevel gears: Straight, helical and spiral bevel gears, forms of tooth depth, tooth traces
- Manufacturing methods
- Basics: Crown gear, octoidal tooth profile, pressure angle, shaft angle, offset, number of teeth, minimum number of teeth and geometrical limits
- Facewidth, normal module, transverse module
- Cone distances, reference cone angle, spiral angle
- Tools and machine data: Basic rack profile, cutter module, cutter radius, number of blade groups, N-point and their influences on geometry and load capacity
- Profile shift and tooth thickness modification
- Angle modification, tooth tip chamfering
- Turning dimensions, mounting distance
- Allowances, flank backlash and tooth accuracy
- Modifications: Lead and profile crowning
- Tooth contact analysis/development of tooth contact pattern
- Coast and drive side operation
- Manufacturability
- Calculation of load capacity according to ISO 10300