Bevel Gears

Bevel
Gears
• Bevel gears are used to transmit motion between two
intersecting axes shafts.
• The teeth of the bevel gears may be straight or
spiral.
• Although the bevel gears are usually made for a shaft angle
of 90 degree, they can be produced for almost any shaft
angle.
 DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BEVEL
GEARS
• From the requirements choose suitable materials for
pinion and gear, tooth profile and pressure angle are
selected.
• Minimum cone distance,R can be determined by
using equation,
 DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BEVEL
GEARS
• Average module mav can be calculated
based on the beam strength using the
equation,
DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BEVEL
GEARS

Diameter of pinion,

Diameter of the wheel,

Recalculate cone distance,

Calculate the face width,

DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BEVEL
GEARS

Checking conditions:
Check for surface compressive stress using the equation,

Check for bending stress using the equation,

Tabulate the results.

 APPLICATIONS OF BEVEL GEARS
• Bevel gears are used in differential drives, which can
transmit power to two axles spinning at different
speeds, such as those on a cornering automobile.

• Bevel gears are used as the main mechanism for a hand

drill. As the handle of the drill is turned in a vertical
direction, the bevel gears change the rotation of the
chuck to a horizontal rotation. The bevel gears in a
hand drill have the added advantage of increasing the
speed of rotation of the chuck and this makes it
possible to drill a range of materials.
 Bevel
Gears
Advantages
• This gear makes it possible
to change the operating
angle.

• Differing of the number of

teeth (effectively diameter)
on wheel
each
allows
advantage to be changed.
mechanical
 Disadvantages
• One wheel of such gear is designed to work with its complementary wheel and no other.

• Must be precisely mounted.

• The shafts bearings must be capable of supporting significant forces.

Sample Problems
• A belt conveyor is operated by an electric motor through a pair of
straight bevel gears. The motor runs at 1200 rpm.The pinion has 16 teeth
and a pitch diameter of 3 in. Thegear has 50 teeth and a pitch diameter
of 9 in. The face width is 2 in. and diametral pitch is 7 in. Both the gear
and the pinion are made of normalized steel of BHN = 140 and carry
25° full depth teeth. Operating conditions of moderate shock exist and
the temperature is 100°F. Determine the horsepower capacity of the gear
system based on an infinitelife assumption.
• A set of coniflex bevel gears delivers 15 hp. The outer diameter of the
pinion is 10 in. , face width is 2 in. and the rotational speed is 400 rpm.
Both the gear and the pinion have 14(1/2)° full depth teeth. The gear
runs at 150 rpm and the angle between the gear and the pinion shafts is
80°
Evaluate the following:
1. the pitch angles for the gear and the pinion.
2. the thrust and the radial forces acting on the gear.
3.the rotational torque acting on the gear.
Illustration in example #2