The Theory and Practice of Worm Gear Drives

Ilés Dudás (Author)

9781903996614, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 4 November 2005

320 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.5 kg

"...a significant contribution to these research topics ...results of great and wide experience in the design and manufacture of worm gear drives... a most useful work for researchers and engineers." --F.L. Litvin, University of Illinois, USA

Worm gears are special gears that resemble screws, and can be used to drive other gears. Worm gears, enable two non-touching shafts in a machine to mesh (join) together. This publication, unique in that it combines both theoretical and practical design aspects, including the latest results of research and development, provides detailed treatment of the theory and production of worm drives, as well as the overarching subject of production geometry of helicoidal surfaces.Included are mathematical models for a number of practical applications; a description of dressing equipment required; treatment of inspection and measurement; the use of intelligent systems; worm gearing for power transmission; selection criteria.

1. Classification of worm gear drives. 2. History of the worm gear drive. 3. Manufacturing Geometry for Constant Pitch Helicoidal Surfaces. 4. General Mathematical Model for Investigation of Hobs Suitable for Generating Cylindrical and Conical Worms, Worm Gears and Face Gear. 5. Grinding Wheel Profiling Device. 6. Quality Control of Worms Checking the geometry of worms. 7. Manufacture of Helicoidal Surfaces in Modern Intelligent Integrated Systems. 8. Basic Characteristic of Operation and Inspection of Worm Gear Drives

Subject Areas: Steam engines [TGBN1], Other manufacturing technologies [TDP]