5/17/2011

Designing parametric spur gears with CATIA V5

Since the geometry of a spur gear is controlled by a few parameters,

we can design a generic gear controlled by the following parameters:

● The pressure angle a.

● The modulus m.

● The number of teeth Z.

This tutorial shows how to make a basic gear that you can freely re-use in your assemblies.

1 Sources, credits and links

● Most of my tutorial is based on a nice tutorial on helical gears

in English at http://ggajic.sbb.co.yu/pub/catia/.

● I improved it a little for making an exactly symmetric tooth.

● The mathematic description of the involute curve is visually explained

in French at http://serge.mehl.free.fr/courbes/developC.html.

● The gear technology is explained

in French at http://casm.insa-lyon.fr/engrenag/.

● The conventional formulas and their names in French

come from the pocket catalog Engrenages H.P.C, June 1999 edition.

2 Table of gear parameters and formulas

Here is a table containing the parameters and formulas used later in this tutorial.

The table is given first so that you can use it for further copy/paste operations.

All the units are defined in the metric system.

2.1 Notes about the formulas (in French)

Formule N°11: explication de l'équation rb = d * cos( a ) / 2:

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● La crémaillère de taillage est tangente au cercle primitif.

● Au point de contact, a définit l'angle de pression de la ligne d'action.

● La ligne d'action est tangente au cerce de base.

● On a donc un triangle rectangle à résoudre.

Formule N°12:

● Entre le cercle de pied et les flancs des dents,

prévoir un petit congé de raccordement pour atténuer l'usure en fatigue.

Formule N°14: explication de x = rb * cos( t ) + rb * t * sin( t ):

● Le premier terme correspond à une rotation suivant le cercle de base.

● Le second correspond au déroulement de la développante.

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