ME F221

Gear Trains
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ME F221
Epi Cyclic Gear Trains
 Approximate speed ratio of a reverted gear train shown in figure below is . Centre
distance between the shafts is . Determine the number of teeth for each wheel in
the gear train, if module of gear wheel and is and that for gear wheels and is .
Minimum number of teeth on any wheel should be .

 Centre distance, 𝑫
𝑨
𝒅 𝑨 =𝒎 𝑨 𝒁 𝑨 =𝟑 .𝟐 𝒁 𝑨 𝒅 𝑩 =𝒎 𝑩 𝒁 𝑩=𝟑 . 𝟐 𝒁 𝑩
𝒅 𝑪=𝒎𝑪 𝒁 𝑪=𝟐 𝒁 𝑪 𝒅 𝑫 =𝒎 𝑫 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟐 𝒁 𝑫 𝑪
𝒅 𝑨 + 𝒅 𝑩 =𝟐 ∗𝟏𝟔𝟎=𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝒅 𝑪 + 𝒅 𝑫 =𝟐∗ 𝟏𝟔𝟎=𝟑𝟐𝟎
𝟑 . 𝟐 ( 𝒁 𝑨 + 𝒁 𝑩 )=𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝒁 𝑨 + 𝒁 𝑩=𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑪
𝑩
𝟐 ( 𝒁 𝑪 + 𝒁 𝑫 )=𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝒁 𝑪 + 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟏𝟔𝟎
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𝒁 𝑨 + 𝒁 𝑩=𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒁 𝑪 + 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟏𝟔𝟎

   

   
𝑫
    𝑨

  𝑪

 𝒁 𝑩 =𝟐 . 𝟓 𝒁 𝑨 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟒 𝒁 𝑪
𝑪
𝒁 𝑨 + 𝒁 𝑩=𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟑 . 𝟓 𝒁 𝑨 =𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑩
𝒁 𝑨 =𝟐𝟖 . 𝟓𝟕 𝒁 𝑨 =𝟐𝟗
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𝒁 𝑪 + 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝒁 𝑫 =𝟒 𝒁 𝑪 𝟓 𝒁 𝑪=𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝒁 𝑪 =𝟑𝟐

𝒁 𝑫 =𝟏𝟐𝟖 𝒁 𝑨 + 𝒁 𝑩=𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒁 𝑨 =𝟐𝟗 𝒁 𝑩 =𝟕𝟏

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 Analysis of an Epicyclic Gear Train
𝒁𝑷
 Analysis of epicyclic gear trains is done using formula
Planet method or Table method.
Arm  Convert the epicyclic gear train to simple Gear Train.
Sun  Release the sun wheel and fix the arm.
 Give +1 revolution to sun wheel.
𝒁𝑺  Give Revolutions to sun wheel
 Make the Gear train Epicyclic.  Give revolutions to arm
Operation Arm Sun Wheel Planet wheel
𝒁 𝐏 𝑵 𝐏 =− 𝒁 𝑺 𝑵 𝑺
Convert to simple Gear Train (Release
the sun wheel and fix the arm). And
give +1 revolution to sun wheel.

Give Revolutions to sun wheel.

Make the Gear train Epicyclic (Give

revolutions to arm)
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 Operation Arm Sun Wheel Planet wheel

Convert to simple Gear Train (Release the sun wheel and fix the ; Or
arm). And give +1 revolution to sun wheel.
Give +n Revolutions to sun wheel.

Make the Gear Epicyclic (Give +m revolutions to arm)

 Input is given to arm at N rpm and Sun wheel is fixed. Planet 𝑍𝑃

 That is speed of arm
 speed of sun wheel 𝒏=− 𝒎=− 𝑵 𝒓𝒑𝒎
 Then from table  Hence Arm
Sun

 𝒁𝑺
𝑵 𝑷 =𝑵 − (− 𝑵 ) 𝑍𝑆
 𝒁𝑷
Using the given data

(
𝑵 𝑷 = 𝑵 𝟏+
𝒁𝑺
𝒁𝑷 )
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 Planet 𝒁𝑷

𝒁 𝒔 = 𝟒𝟓  Arm
Sun
 from right
𝒁𝑺
 

Make the Gear Epicyclic (Give +m revolutions

to arm)

(
𝑵 𝑷= 𝒎−
𝒁𝑺
𝒁𝑷 )
𝒏 = 𝑵 𝟏+
𝒁𝑺
𝒁𝑷 ( )
𝑵 𝑷 =𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝟏+ ( 𝟒𝟓
𝟏𝟓 )
𝑵 𝑷 =𝟗𝟔𝟎 𝒓𝒑𝒎
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 A fixed sun wheel with teeth meshes with a planet wheel, which in turn meshes with an
annular wheel with teeth. Planet wheel is carried by an arm rotating concentrically with
sun and annular wheels at ACW from right end. Draw the arrangement of the epicyclic
gear train.

teeth
P
P
L
L 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒓𝒑𝒎
S

S teeth
A
A

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 A fixed sun wheel with teeth meshes with a planet wheel, which in turn meshes with an
annular wheel with teeth. Planet wheel is carried by an arm rotating concentrically with
sun and annular wheels at ACW from right end. Draw the arrangement of the epicyclic
gear train.

teeth P
P
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒓𝒑𝒎
L L
S

S teeth
A A

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 A fixed sun wheel with teeth meshes with a planet wheel, which in turn meshes with an
annular wheel with teeth. Planet wheel is carried by an arm rotating concentrically with
sun and annular wheels at ACW from right end. Draw the arrangement of the epicyclic
gear train.

teeth
P
P
L
L 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒓𝒑𝒎
S

S teeth
A
A

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 teeth on planet wheel, if sun wheel has 𝟖𝟎 teeth and annular wheel has teeth.
 For the Epicyclic gear train shown below, draw the Levai notation. Determine the number

P A
𝑹 𝑺 +𝟐 𝑹 𝑷 =𝑹 𝑨 P

S 𝒅 𝑺 +𝟐 𝒅 𝑷 =𝒅 𝑨 S L
𝒁 𝑺 +𝟐 𝒁 𝑷 =𝒁 𝑨
L
𝟖𝟎 𝟖𝟎+ 𝟐 𝒁 𝑷 =𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝟏𝟐𝟎
A
𝒁 𝑷 =𝟐𝟎

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  A fixed sun wheel with teeth meshes with a planet wheel, which in turn
meshes with an annular wheel with teeth. Planet wheel is carried by an
arm rotating concentrically with sun and annular wheels at ACW from
right end. Determine the speeds of annular and planet wheels.
Operation Arm Sun Wheel Planet wheel Annular wheel

Convert to simple Gear Train

(Release the sun wheel and P
fix the arm). And give +1
revolution to sun wheel.

Give +n Revolutions to A
sun wheel. S L
Make the Gear Epicyclic (Give
+m revolutions to arm)

𝒁𝑺 𝟖𝟎
𝑵 𝑷 =− 𝑵 𝑺=− ∗𝟏=− 𝟒
𝒁𝑷 𝟐𝟎
+ 𝒁𝐏 𝟐𝟎 𝟐
𝑵 𝐀= 𝑵 𝐏= ∗− 𝟒=−
𝒁𝐀 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟑

𝒁 𝑷 =𝟐𝟎
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 Operation Arm Sun Wheel Planet wheel Annular wheel

Convert to simple Gear Train

(Release the sun wheel and
fix the arm). And give +1
revolution to sun wheel.

Give +n Revolutions to
sun wheel.
Make the Gear Epicyclic (Give
+m revolutions to arm)

 Speed of Arm
 Speed of Sun wheel
𝟐𝟎
P
 From table,
 Speed of Sun wheel,
 L
 S
 Speed of Planet wheel,
 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟖𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒓𝒑𝒎
 A
Speed of Annular wheel,

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