gears CADquest（齿轮 CADquest）.pdf

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tips and Tricks Involute Gears Involute Gears Introduction This lesson covers the development of ‘involute’ gears. An involute gear is based on an involute curve, which is a mathematical shape. To understand what an involute is, consider a simple cylinder and a string as shown below. Wrap the string around the cylinder. While maintaining tension on the string, trace the path that the end of the string makes while un-wrapping it around the cylinder. This path is an involute curve. A simple cylinder and a string. Wrap the string around the cylinder. Pull Involute curve Pull the string tight and keep it tangent to the cylinder. Trace the end of the string while un-wrapping it around the cylinder. The resulting trajectory is an involute curve. There are two key parameters that control the involute curve: the diameter of the cylinder and the angle that the string is un-wrapped around the cylinder. In the example above, the string is un- wrapped 90º around the cylinder. COPYRIGHT  2008 CADQUEST INC. Page 1  Involute Gears Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tips and Tricks The Involute Curve Development of the mathematical equations for the involute curve uses simple trigonometry. We will develop the equations for 90º of one full involute.