Marples Gear Cutting

Gear Tooth Profile

Construction, General Knowledge

Gear Tooth Profile: One of the fundamental s of gear design is the profile of the gear tooth. Gears generally have an involute curve tooth profile. There are other  types of gear profiles, but they are mainly utilized in specialty applications such as cycloidal gears in clocks and watches. This involute curve helps the gears…

What is A Gear?

Construction, General Knowledge

What is a GEAR?-According to AGMA A gear, as defined by the gearsed.com, is “a refinement of the wheel and axel” [i] and has “teeth that are designed to intersect the teeth of another gear”[ii]. Gears are primarily used for the transmission of power or velocity and the change of the speed or direction of…