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GEAR TRAINS The earlist known reference to gear train is in a treatise by Hero of Alexandria (c.100B.C).Gear trains are widely used in all kinds of mechanisms and machines, from can openers to aircraft carriers. Whenever a change in the speed or torque of a rotating device is needed, a gear train or one of its cousins, the belt or chain drive mechanism, will usually be used. This chapter will explore the theory of gear tooth action and the design of these ubiquitous devices for motion control. The calculations involved are trivial compared to those for cams or linkages. The shape of gear theth has become quite standardized for good kinematic reasons which we will explore Gears of various size and styles are readily available from many manufacturers. Assembled gearboxes for particular ratios are also stock items. The kinematic design of gear trains is principally involved with the selection of appropriate ratios and gear diameters. A complete gear train design will necessarily involve considerations of strength of materials and the complicated stress states to which gear teeth are subjected. This chapter will discuss the kinematics of gear tooth theory, gear types, and the kinematic design of gearsets and gear train of simple, compound, reverted, and epicyclic types. Chain and belt drives will also be discussed. Examples of the use of these devices will be presented as well. GEAR TYPES Gears are made in many configurations for particular applications. This section describes some of the more common types. Spur, Helical, and Herringbone Gears SPUR GEARS are ones in which the teeth are parallel to the axis of the gear. This is the simplest and least expensive from of gear to make. Spur gears can only be meshed if their axes are parallel. Figure 9-14 shows a spur gear. HELLCAL GEARS are ones in which the teeth are at a helix angle ψ with respect to the axis of the as shown in Figu