GEARS, Pair "INVOLUTE"
T1979.16
Mounted standard `INVOLUTE' gear pair. This pair of gears was made and used for Doctoral Research Project by Mr. G. Srikanthan (Mechanical Engineering Department W.A.), involving the construction and development of a `SYNTHETIC' gear system (see T79.17). Involute gears less effective than `SYNTHETIC' ie: (a) Only 50% contact with mating gear while transmitting load, v.90% synthetic contact. (b) 60% less load capacity. (c) Noisier. (d) Greater wear.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | T1979.16 |
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| Accession Date: | 23 Jan 1979 |
Material
| Brass/Metal | steel, brass, bronze? |
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| Steel/Metal |
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Measurement
| length | 153mm |
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| width | 125mm |
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| height | 100mm |
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