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Design of antibacklash pin-gearing

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The paper suggests that pin gearing can be used for an antibacklash gear. The gear tooth curve derived from a cycloidal curve furnishes the pin gearing with kinematic antibacklash, low pressure angle, and no interference among other features. Pins on one side of a centerline are contacting the forward faces of a mating tooth gear. Simultaneously, pins on the other side of the centerline are contacting the backward faces of the gear. The correct center distance can be maintained in this multiple-contact mechanism by applying a force directed to each other center. A generating method of tooth-gear manufacture is also suggested. Contact and bending deformations as well as the gear stress are analyzed to help its design.

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 156-756, Seoul, Korea

    Inhoy Gu

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Gu, I. Design of antibacklash pin-gearing. KSME International Journal 11, 611–619 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02946331

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