Computerized modeling and simulation of spiral bevel and hypoid gears manufactured by Gleason face hobbing process

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1315-1327

  Fan, Qi ^a  

^a Gleason Works Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Face hobbing; Spiral bevel and hypoid gears; Tooth contact analysis (TCA); Tooth surface generation

Indexed keywords

BEVEL GEARS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FACE HOBBING; HYPOID GEARS; SPIRAL BEVEL; TOOTH CONTACT ANALYSIS (TCA); TOOTH SURFACE GENERATION;

CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 33845801431     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2337316     Document Type: Article

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