Module Pitch

Tooth Dimensions
Tooth Dimensions Based Upon
Module System
 SEE REF: THEORY OF MACHINE AND MECHANISM PROF. B.L. BALLANEY
Spur Gear Design

The spur gear is is simplest type of gear manufactured and is generally used for transmission of rotary motion between paralle

The preferred number of teeth are as follows

12 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 24 25 28 30 32 34 38 40 45 50 54 60 64 70 72 75 80 84 90 96
100 120 140 150 180 200 220 250

STANDARD MODULE NUMBER:

0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,1,1.25,1.5,1.75,2,2.25,2.5,2.75,3,3.25,3.5,3.75,4,4.25,4.5,5,5.5,6,6.5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,
15,16,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,36,38,40,42,45,50mm and further steps at every 5mm

MODULE The length in mm of the pitch circle diameter per tooth. MOD = PCD / N

Number of Teeth The number of teeth on the gear. N = PCD / MOD

Pitch Circle Diameter
Outside Diameter
Center Distance
Circular Pitch
The diameter of the pitch circle. PCD = N x MOD
The outside diameter of the gear. OD = (N + 2) x MOD
The distance between the axes of two gears in mesh. C = PCD(g) + PCD(p)
2
The distance between adjacent teeth measured along the CP =
x MOD
arc at the pitch circle diameter.

The width of a tooth measured along the arc at the pitch CTT = CP / 2
Circular Tooth Thickness circle diameter.

Addendum The height of the tooth above the pitch circle diameter. A = MOD

Dedendum The depth of the tooth below the pitch circle diameter. D=H-A

Dedendum Diameter DD=OD-(A+D)x2

Whole Depth The total depth of the space between adjacent teeth. Finer than 1.25 MOD:

H = 2.4 x MOD

1.25 MOD and coarser:

H = 2.25 x MOD
Base Circle Diamter BC = (PCD)cosØ
to draw gear tooth profile: http://gearseds.com/files/Approx_method_draw_involute_tooth_rev2.pdf
motion between parallel shafts. The spur gear is the first choice option for gears except when high speeds, loads, and ratios direct towards

PINION (mm) GEAR (mm)

10 10

12 300
120 3000
140 3020

31.42 31.42

15.71 15.71

10 10

12.5 12.5

95 2975

24 24

22.5 22.5
116 2904
and ratios direct towards other options. Other gear types may also be preferred to provide more silent low-vibration operation. A single s
w-vibration operation. A single spur gear is generally selected to have a ratio range of between 1:1 and 1:6 with a pitch line velocity up to 2
with a pitch line velocity up to 25 m/s. The spur gear has an operating efficiency of 98-99%. The pinion is made from a harder material th
made from a harder material than the wheel. A gear pair should be selected to have the highest number of teeth consistent with a suitab
of teeth consistent with a suitable safety margin in strength and wear. The minimum number of teeth on a gear with a normal pressure an
a gear with a normal pressure angle of 20 desgrees is 18.
I have to design a Cad model for a RC car, and I am stuck on how to find out what size my gear has to be. The motor I am using
140 motor, with R.P.M of 7,600( no load), and 5,200(normal load). it also has a 270MA( current no load). Also what do they m
mean when weight is added?

Suppose there is just one gear pair (the pinion on the motor shaft and the gear on the wheel shaft.
Normal load is when the car propels it's own weight, no load is when you hold it in air while the motor turns.
You must first establish how fast it has to be: assume v=5 m/s (18 km/h) and what kind of wheel it has (measure the diameter u
No. of wheel rpm for the speed v: 10/0.157 = 63.7 rps * 60 = 3,822 rpm
Overall transmission ratio of two gears: i=5,200/3,822 = 1.361
If the pinion on motor side has, say, 48 teeth, then the gear on wheel side will have 48 * 1.361 = 65 teeth.
(In selecting/assuming your values consider also car size, weight, shaft size etc. and plug them in).
As you can see, it DOES depend on the overall wheel size, it's been factored in above through the wheel diameter and circumfe
 has to be. The motor I am using in my design is a RE-
nt no load). Also what do they mean by load? Does it

e motor turns.
el it has (measure the diameter using a caliper): assume D=50mm (--> circumference C= D*pi = 157mm = 0.157m)

= 65 teeth.

he wheel diameter and circumference.

http://arc.id.au/GearDrawing.html
 formula teeth 1 teeth 2
module m 10 10
center distance a 1560 1560
speed ratio i 0.05 0.05
sum of teeth z1+z2 2a/m 312 312
no. of teeth i(z1+z2)/i+1 (z1+z2)/i+1 14.85714 297.1429

GEAR
NO ITEM SYMBOL FORMULA
PINION GEAR
1 MODULE m 10 10
2 PRESSURE ANGLE α 6 6
3 NO.OF TEETH z1, z2 15 297
4 CENTER DISTANCE a (z1+z2)m/2 1560 1560
5 PITCH DIA. d zm 150 2970
6 BASE DIA. db d cosα 149.178071 2953.726
7 ADDENDUM ha 1.0m 10 10
8 DEDENDUM hf 1.25m 12.5 12.5
9 OUTSIDE DIA. da d+2m 170 2990
10 ROOT DIA. df d-2.5m 125 2945
11 DEDENDUM DIA. dd da-(ha+hf) 125 2945