Gear geometry of cycloid drives （齿轮几何摆线的驱动器）.pdf

Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences © 2008 SCIENCE IN CHINA PRESS Springer Gear geometry of cycloid drives † CHEN BingKui , FANG TingTing, LI ChaoYang WANG ShuYan State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China According to differential geometry and gear geometry, the equation of meshing for small teeth difference planetary gearing and a universal equation of conjugated profile are established based on cylindrical pin tooth and given motion. The correct meshing condition, contact line, contact ratio, calculating method for pin tooth’s maximum contact point are developed. Investigation on the theory of conjugated meshing is carried out when the tooth difference numbers between pin wheel and cycloidal gear are 1, 2, 3 and −1, respectively. A general method called enveloping method to generate hypocycloid and epicycloid is put forward. The correct mesh- ing condition for cycloid pin wheel gearing is provided, and the contact line and the contact ratio are also discussed. pin wheel, cycloid, conjugated profile, equation of meshing, enveloping method, contact ratio, contact line Cycloid drives are widely used in many industries, such as machinery, mine, metallurgy, chemical, textile, national defense, etc., due to their large gear ratio, compact size, high load capacity and high efficiency. More attentions are paid to this drive in precision transmission because half of its teeth are meshing simultaneously, because the outstanding error average effect leads to high pre- cision, and because it has high torsion stiffness for there