This document defines key terminology used in gear calculations, including: - Pitch circle - An imaginary circle used to define gear size and motion - Pitch diameter - The diameter of the pitch circle - Addendum - The radial distance from the pitch circle to the top of the tooth - Dedendum - The radial distance from the pitch circle to the bottom of the tooth - Clearance - The radial distance between the top of one tooth and bottom of the other in mesh

1. Yasir Hashmi 09ME93

2. Gear is an important
power transmitting element ,
its calculations depend on
certain factors, some basic
terminologies of these factors
are discussed in this
presentation.

4. It is an imaginary circle
which by pure rolling action,
would give the same
motion as the actual gear.

5. It is the diameter of the
pitch circle. The size of the
gear is usually
specified by the pitch circle
diameter. It is also called as
pitch diameter.

6. It is the section from
which the involute section
of the tooth is generated .

7. It is a common point of
contact between two pitch
circles.

8. It is the radial distance of a
tooth from the pitch circle to
the top of the tooth.
It is the radial distance of a
tooth from the pitch circle to
the bottom of the tooth.

9. The distance measured on the
circumference of the pitch circle from
a point of one tooth to the corresponding
point on the next tooth. It is usually
denoted by pc.

10. It is the ratio of number of
teeth to the pitch circle
diameter in millimetres.
It denoted by pd.
Diametral pitch,
where T = Number of teeth,
and
D = Pitch circle diameter.

11. It is the ratio of the pitch
circle diameter in millimetres
to the number of teeth. It is
usually denoted by m.
Methamatically,

12. Clearance
It is the radial distance
from the top of the tooth to
the bottom of the tooth, in a
meshing gear.

13. It is the radial distance between
the addendum and the dedendum
circle of a gear. It is equal to the
sum of the addendum and
dedendum.

14. It is radial distance from
the addendum circle to the
clearance circle.
It is equal to the sum of the
addendum of the two
meshing gears.

15. It is the width of the tooth
measured along the pitch circle.
It is the width of space between
the two adjacent teeth measured
along the pitch circle.

16. It is the difference between
the tooth space and the tooth
thickness, as measured on the
pitch circle.

17. It is surface of the tooth above
the pitch surface.
It is the surface of the top of the tooth.
It is the surface of the tooth below
the pitch surface.
It is the width of the gear
tooth measured parallel to its axis.