Assignment: Gear

Inspection Report

Submitted by: Puneet Kr. Goyal

PGDex-VLFM
2022MVX-5022
Gear inspection begins with the everyday tasks on the shop floor and extends into the
manufacturing laboratory for complex analytical gear evaluation. Some, or all, of these procedures
are necessary to maintain process control and to produce parts to the required quality. Inspection
can help control the following:

• Size of the gear

• Quality of the gear
• Fixture mounting on the machine
• Machine set-up
• Part blank quality
• Accuracy of the cutting tool
• Mounting of the cutting tool
• Correct sharpening of the cutting tool
• Heat treat process

Gear Inspection is of 2 Types:-

Gear
Inspection

Element by Composite Error

Element Checking

 Profile checking  Pitch Circle &

 Concentricity Checking Indexing
 Alignment Checking
 Tooth Thickness
 1. Size Measurement:- Size measurement is used to provide the correct backlash when the
gear is mounted with its mating gear at operating center distance.

Measurement of size with micrometer and pins or balls (Figure 1).

2. Measurement of size with tooth caliper

3.Runout Inspection: Runout is the maximum variation of the distance between a surface of
revolution and a datum surface, measured perpendicular to that datum surface. Runout of a
gear can be measured with a dial indicator.
3. Pitch measurement using a pitch comparator. Two distinct methods are available to
arrive at tooth “spacing.”

Fig:-Pitch measurement using a pitch comparator 

Gear Nomenclature
Gear Inspection Plan:

Transportation Storage

Assembly Inspection

Operation Operation & Inspection

Delay Incoming Part

Description Main Assembly Product Process Characteristics

flow Characteristics
Received Finish Parts received as Outsourced component
Turned & per semi finish
Broaching done drawing
blank inspection
Hobbing Teeth Pitch Circle Dia Reference Dia
Helical Gear Dia over PIN
Chamfering & Free from Burr
Deburring
Shaving Lead Feed Speed
Profile
Inspection Before Visual Check for
HT missing operation
Charge Making

Washing & Washing Temp.

Preheating Preheat Temp.
Carburising & Gas Surface Hardness Tempering furnace process chart
Quenching
Tempering Surface Hardness

Receive after HT
Grind bore & front Bore Dia. Coolant Concentration flow
hub face Surface Finish
Wheel Change
Grind Rear Hub Linear Dimension Coolant Concentration flow
face Surface finish
Gear Accuracy Wheel Change
Pre Dispatch No high spot on Handling Damage
Testing Gear profile Plastic Tray
Final Inspection As per part
Drawing & Layout

Product Characteristics Specifications Measurement Frequency

Technique
Bore (ᶲ) 20.905 /24.889 ᶲ Dial Guage 100%
Least Count :0.001
Gear Hub face width 38.5 +-0.050 Height Guage 100%
LC : 0.010
Gear Hub face to Gear 6.65 +- 0.1 Vernier 100%
Width Least Count :0.001
Bore Parallelism 0.004 mm Roundness 1 part per shift
/parallelism tester
Surface Finish 0.6 Surface Finish Tester 1 per setup
Reference:-
1. https://gearsolutions.com/features/an-elementary-guide-to-gear-inspection/
2. https://learnmech.com/basic-of-gear-terminology-gear-nomenclature/