DESIGN OF ANTIBACKLASH PIN-GEARING

This paper draws attention to pin gearing for its antibacklash gear pr operty. The gear tooth curve derived from a cycloidal curve furnishes the pin gearing with kinematic antibacklash, low pressure angle, and n o interference among other features. The pins on one side of a centerl ine are contacting the forward faces of the mating tooth gear. Simulta neously the pins on the other side of the centerline are contacting th e backward faces of the gear. The correct center distance can be maint ained by applying a force directed to each other center for multiple c ontacts. A generating method of gear manufacture is also suggested Con tact and bending deformations as well as the gear stress are analyzed to help its engineering design.