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2.0 THEORY/INTRODUCTION
A gear train is a set or system of gears to transfer a rotational torque from one part of a
mechanical system to another which used to increased speed, decreased speed and change the
direction of motion of shafts. Different-sized gears are often used in pairs for a mechanical
advantage, allowing the torque of the driving gear to produce a larger torque in the driven gear at
lower speed, or a smaller torque at higher speed.
Gear trains consist of:
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Idler gears (follower) interposed between the driving and driven gear in order to
maintain the direction of the output shaft the same as the input shaft to increase the
distance between the drive and driven gears.
Examples of gear trains:
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The gear ratio is the relationship between the numbers of teeth on two gears that are meshed.
The gear ratio of a gear train is the number of teeth on the follower divided by the number of
teeth on the driver.
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Gear ratio = number of teeth of driven gear / number of teeth of driving gear
A simple gear train consists of two or more meshed gears, where the gear shafts are parallel
and there is only one gear on each shaft. Figure 1 shows a simple gear train consisting of 3 gears.
Pinion
A
Gear
Idler
n A nB n A
= =
nB nC nC
where:
Vr = velocity ratio
nA = speed of gear A
nB = speed of gear B
nC = speed of gear C
Notice that the idler has no effect on the gear ratio.
3.0 APPARATUS
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Set of weights
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10 teet h=
1
10 revolution
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5.0 RESULTS
5.1 Simplest Gear Train
Number of teeth for the driver
Speed of follower
Speed of
driver
Complete
Incomplete revolution
Total revolution
revolution (a)
No. of
Fraction of
(a) + (b)
rev
teeth
No
Rev (b)
rev
rev
rev
1
2
3
4
5
6
Load
5.2
Rotation
Ratio
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Complete
revolution (a)
rev
1
2
3
4
5
6
rev
Incomplete revolution
No. of
Fraction of
teeth
No
Rev (b)
rev
Total revolution
(a) + (b)
rev
Load
5.3
Rotation
Ratio
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Complete
revolution (a)
rev
Incomplete revolution
No. of
Fraction of
teeth
No
Rev (b)
rev
Total revolution
(a) + (b)
rev
Load
Rotation
Ratio
6.0 DISCUSSION
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Plot the graph of the speed of follower to the speed of the driver for the three cases.
From the graphs determine the average speed ratio by calculating the slope. Then
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7.0 CONCLUSION
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From the plotted graph, write down your observation and make your conclusion.
Comment on the accuracy of the experiment and ways of improving it.
If a motor is used to drive a certain component of a machine and the motor has a speed of
3000 rpm suggests a gear arrangement so that the component will have a speed of 300
rpm.