Gears and Gear Drives

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2012 | ISBN-10: 111994130X | ISBN-13: 978-1119941309 | Edition: 1

This book provides graduate students, gear and gear design professionals, gear producers and servicers and professors all the information they need regarding gears and gear drives in one single book. Contents include: background for dealing with gears and gear trains (classification, power and transmission ratio distribution, complete geometry and kinematics); fundamental derivations, explanations and necessary explanations of formulae; 3D figures accompanying the text for improved understanding; directions and suggestions for practical design for all types of gears and gear drives; detailed instructions and formulae for determining the tolerances and procedures for measuring and controlling the accuracy of drives and their members; assessments of their integrity and calculation of the micro-pitting load capacity in accordance with the latest ISO standards.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Understanding how gears are formed and how they interact or ‘mesh’ with each other is essential when designing equipment that uses gears or gear trains. The way in which gear teeth are formed and how they mesh is determined by their geometry and kinematics, which is the topic of this book.
Gears and Gear Drives provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of gears and gear drives. Spur, helical, bevel, worm and planetary gears are all covered, with consideration given to their classification, geometry, kinematics, accuracy control, load capacity and manufacturing. Cylindrical gear geometry is the basis for dealing with any gear drives, so this is covered in detail.
Key features:

• Contains hundreds of 2D and 3D figures to illustrate all types of gears and gear drives, including planetary and worm gears
• Includes fundamental derivations and explanations of formulae
• Enables the reader to know how to carry out accuracy control and load capacity checks for any gear drive
• Includes directions for the practical design of gears and gear drives
• Covers DIN and ISO standards in the area 

Gears and Gear Drives is a comprehensive reference for gears and gear drive professionals and graduate students in mechanical engineering departments and covers everything important to know how to design, control and manufacture gear drives.