Computerized generation and simulation of meshing of modified spur and helical gears manufactured by shaving (Q5944635)

The main goal is to construct a modified shaving process which satisfies the following requirements: the shaved pinion-gear tooth surfaces are in point contact but not in line contact; the shape of the function of transmission errors of the gear drive and the low magnitude of transmission errors enables to reduce vibration and noise of the drive. In doing so, the authors develop a tooth contact analysis computer program for simulation of meshing and contact of shaved pinion and gear tooth. This program is applied for simulation of meshing and contact of helical and spur gears with parallel axes, and helical gears with crossed axes. The algorithm of tooth contact analysis is based on the simulation of continuous tangency of pinion-gear tooth surfaces. The developed theory is illustrated with examples.