1. Design a bevel gear drive to transmit 7.5 W at 1440 rpm. Gear ratio 3.

Pinion and gear are

made of forged C45 steel. Life of gears 10,000 hrs. Assume surface hardened heat treatment
and IS quality 6. (april/may 2017)
2. Design a bevel gear drive to transmit 3.5 kW with driving shaft speed is 200 rpm. Speed ratio
required is 4. The drive is non reversible. Pinion is made of steel and wheel made of CI.
Assume life of 25,000 hrs. (nov/dec16)
3. Design a straight bevel gear drive between two shafts at right angles to each other. Speed of
the pinion shaft is 360 rpm and the speed of the gear wheel shaft is 120 rpm. Pinion is steel
and wheel of cast iron. Each gear is expected to work 2 hours/day for 10 years. The drive
transmits 9.37 kW. (nov/Dec 15)
4. Design a pair of strength bevel gears for two shafts whose axis are at right angles. The power
transmitted is 25 kW. The speed of pinion is 300 rpm and the gear is 120 rpm. (april/may
2015)
5. The input to worm gear shaft is 18 kW at 600 rpm. Speed ratio is 20. The worm is to be
hardened steel and the wheel is made of chilled phosphor bronze. Considering wear and
strength, design worm and worm wheel. (nov/dec 2015)
6. Design a worm gear drive to transmit 20 kW at 1440 rpm speed of worm wheel is 60 rpm.
(april/may 2016)
7. A hardened steel worm rotates at 1440 rpm and transmits 12 kW to a phosphor bronze gear.
The speed of the worm gear should be 60 rpm. Design the worm gear drive if an efficiency of
at least 82% is desired. (nov/dec 16)
8. A steel worm running at 240 rpm receives 1.5 kW from its shaft. The speed reduction is 10:1.
Design the drive so as to have an efficiency of 80%. Also determine the cooling area required,
if the temperature rise is restricted to 45 0C. Take overall heat transfer coefficient as 10W/m 2
0
C. (page 8.31).
9. Design a 12 speed gear box. The required speed range is 100 tp 355 rpm. Draw the ray
diagram, kinematic arrangement and find the number of teeth on each gear. Check for the
interference. (q124)
10. Design the layout of a 12 speed gear box for a milling machine having an output of speeds
ranging from 25 to 600 rpm. Power is applied to the gear box from a 2.25 kW induction
motor at 1440 rpm. Construct the speed diagram using standard ratio. Calculate the number of
teeth on each gear and sketch the arrangement of the gear box. (q119)
11. Draw the kinematic diagram and speed diagram of the head stock gear box of a turret lathe
having arrangements for 9 spindle speeds, ranging from 31.5 rpm to 1050 rpm. Calculate the
number of teeth on each gear. Minimum number of teeth on a gear is 25. Design the gear box.
12. A six speed gear box is required to provide output speeds in the range of 125 to 400 rpm with
a step ratio 1.25 and transmit a power 5 kW at 710 rpm. Draw the speed diagram and
kinematic diagram. Determine the number of teeth , module and face width of all gears, and
length of the gear box. (q116)
13. A nine speed gear box , used as head stock gear box of a turret lathe , Is to provide a speed
range of 180 rpm to 1800 rpm using standard step ratio. Draw the speed diagram and
kinematic arrangement showing number of all gears. (Q113)
14. A gear box is to give 18 speeds for a spindle of a milling machine. Maximum and minimum
speeds of the spindle are to be around 650 and 35 rpm respectively. Find the speed ratios
which will give the desired speeds and draw the structural diagram and kinematic
arrangements of the drive. (q113)
1. What is the difference between an angular gear and a miter gear?
2. What kind of contact occurred between worm and wheel? How does this differ from other
gears?
3. What is herringbone gear?
4. How bevel gears are manufactured?
5. What is R20 serious?
6. What is multi-speed gear box?
7. Define progression ratio.
8. Write the significance of structural formula.
9. What is crown gear?
10. Write some applications of worm gear drive.
11. What is virtual number of teeth in bevel gears?
12. Differentiate ray diagram and structural diagram.
13. List any two methods used for changing speed in gear box.
14. What are preferred numbers?