10 TYPE OF GEARS

1. Thrust Rollers

Thrust rollers are hydraulic 3dimension movable rolls. Thrust rollers limit the lateral movement of the
rotating debarking drum and help maintain equipment balance. They provide load compensation and are
used to accommodate uneven loads.
There are several types of thrust rollers. They can be single and double acting, combination roller and
cross rollers.
Inspection of the load bearing surface or the thrust rollers should be done at regular intervals to avoid
slow and faulty operations. Thrust rollers can be refurbished and problems like timing marks taper wear
and irregular face profiles can be eliminated.

2. Girth Gears

Girth gears are very popular type of gears used in various industrial applications. One of the important
component in the entire gear drive assembly, the basic feature of girth gears which differentiate them from
other gears is that they are made in multiple segments, which can be of two, four or eight equal sizes. They
are also known as Split ring gears/ Split rings among industrial users.

Preference of Girth Gears

In the past many years Grith gears have gone through enormous improvements. The girth gear has been
preferred over the gearless drives due to the following factors:

 Their lower initial cost.

 Simplicity to install.
 Simple to operate and maintain.
 They have high efficiency.
 They are high quality, high precision component.

The overall life of these gears depends upon proper lubrication and alignment. The capital cost of girth
gears is lower than others and they take less time to install. They are physically big and due to this they are
unable to store for longer periods of time.
Girth gear materials have made several changes on their own. Casting is enhanced using full ring risering
techniques. Simulation programs are installed for verification of proper solidification. New materials are
used with an added advantage of increase in hardness and therefore increased ratings.

Application of Girth Gears

The girth gear is the heart of most mills and kiln drive system. They can't be used in spare parts inventory.
They are also used in steel industry, sugar industry, paper and pulp industry.
3. Cycloidal Gears

Cycloidal gear is a popular type of gear which is in the form of toothed gear and widely used in mechanical
clocks. Cycloidal gears are used in pairs and are set at an angle of 180 degrees used to balance the load
and are driven by multiple crank shafts to share the load and increase torsion rigidity. The cycloidal gear
mesh with a large quantity of precisely ground steel pins. The combined tooth contact area of the two
cycloidal gears and pins ensures that the load is distributed almost entirely around the pitch circle.
With cycloidal gearing the input and output remains in constant mesh. Cycloidal gearing provides
considerable latitude in selection of operating characteristics-deceleration, dwell periods, ratio of input to
output motions etc. In cycloidal gear if the output crank is to stop then the drive pin must be on the pitch
circle of the planet gear to avoid reversing of the motion.

Cycloidal Gearing Mechanism

Cycloidal gearing requires two different curves to obtain conjugate action. Two gears are placed on either
side of a roller. The roller is rolled along the outer edge of one of the gear wheels. The curve traced out
from this initial point of contact is called epicycloid. The same roller is then rolled on the inside edge of
the other gear wheel generating another curve called hypocycloid. These two curves will be conjugate to
each other. The smaller roller disk is called the generating circle for the gear set.
For cycloidal gear to be interchangeable, circles of the same size must generate them. The teeth of a
cycloidal rack are cycloid generated by the rolling generating circle. They are not straight and their shape
depends on the radius of the generating circle.

4. Planetary Gear

Planetary gears are a set of gears usually two or more on or inside a larger gear. They make drastic gear
ratio possible. They are used when one wishes to turn the input in the same direction as the output. The
gear in the center of the larger gear, called the sun engages two or three smaller gears placed in the same
large gear. These small gears are called planet and they are engaged to the inside of the large gear called
the ring. Planetary gears turn on movable center and the sun gears turn on a fixed center.
Planeatary Gearing Mechanism
In a planetary gearing, the member which receives motion from outside the mechanism is called the
driver; the member from which motion is taken outside the mechanism is called the follower; the
member which carries one or more bearing pins about which the planet gears rotate is called the train
arm. There is only one member that is maintained in a fixed position. Planetary gears are also used to
produce different gear ratios depending on the which gear is used as input, which one as output and
which one is held stationary.
Applications
An automatic transmission uses planetary gearsets to create different gear ratios using clutches and brake
band to hold different parts of the gearset stationary and change the input and the output. Planetary
gears are most commonly used gear train.
Advantages of Planetary Gears
Planetary gear trains have several advantages such as follows:

 They have higher gear ratios.

 They are popular for automatic transmissions in automobiles.
 They are also used in bicycles for controlling power of pedaling automatically or manually.
 They are also used for power train between internal combustion engine and an electric motor.
5. Involute Splines

Splined shafts and hubs are usually used as connectors in many different types of applications. One of the
most common applications is to connect motors to gear reducers. They may also be used in transmissions.
Involute splines resemble spur gears, but tend to have different pressure angles.

6. Straight Sided

Splines Straight sided splines often serve the same function as involute splines but have "straight sided"
teeth instead of involute teeth.