DOI: 10.1115/1.4059223 ISSN: 0097-6822

Helical Gears

Thomas P. Colbert

Abstract

Designers seem to avoid helical and worm gears as being unsuitable and too expensive. A reliable method of selecting gears for a given purpose would result in more frequent applications. The author gives charts and formulas designed to make the computing of spiral gears less difficult.

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