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1. Describe the working principal of Gear Tooth Vernier caliper
A gear tooth vernier caliper is a precision instrument used to measure the chordal thickness and depth of gear teeth. It works on the vernier principle, which uses two
scales—main and vernier—to take accurate readings. The instrument has two vernier scales: the horizontal scale measures the chordal thickness of the gear tooth,
and the vertical scale measures the depth or addendum of the tooth. The horizontal jaws are placed across the gear tooth at the pitch circle to measure its thickness.
The vertical slide is adjusted to touch the top of the tooth and measure the depth from the pitch line. Both scales can be adjusted independently to suit different gear
sizes. The readings are taken using the vernier principle for high precision, commonly up to 0.02 mm.
Face of tooth:
Itis defined as the surface of the tooth above the pitch circle is known as face.
Addendum circle:
The circle passes from the top of the tooth is known as addendum circle. This circle is concentric with pitch circle
Dedendum circle:
The circle passes from the bottom of the tooth is known as dedendum circle. This circle is also concentric with pitch circle and addendum circle.
Pitch Circle:
It is an imaginary circle which is in pure rolling action. The motion of the gear is describe by the pitch circle motion.
Flank of tooth:
The surface of the tooth below the pitch circle is known as flank.
Top land:
The top most surface of the tooth is known as the top land of the tooth.
Face width:
Width of the tooth is known as face width
Addendum:
Distance between the pitch circle to the top of the tooth in radial direction is known as addendum.
Dedendum:
Distance between the pitch circle to the bottom of the tooth in radial direction, is known as dedendum of the gear.
Pitch Circle diameter:
The diameter of the pitch circle from the center of the gear is known as pitch circle diameter. The gear diameter is described by its pitch circle diameter.
Pitch point:
When the two gears are in contact, the common point of both of pitch circle of meshing gears is known as pitch point.
Circular pitch:
The distance between a point of a tooth to the same point of the adjacent tooth, measured along circumference of the pitch circle is known as circular pitch. It is plays
measure role in gear meshing. Two gears will mesh together correctly if and only they have same circular pitch
Total depth:
The sum of the addendum and dedendum of a gear is known as total depth. It is the distance between addendum circle to the dedendum circle measure along radial
direction.
Total depth:
The sum of the addendum and dedendum of a gear is known as total depth. It is the distance between addendum circle to the dedendum circle measure along radial
direction.
Working depth:
The distance between addendum circle to the clearance circle measured along radial direction is known as working depth of the gear
Clearance:
When two gears are in meshing condition, the radial distance from top of a tooth of one gear to the bottom of the tooth of another gear is known as clearance. The
circle passes from the top of the tooth in meshing condition is known as clearance angle.
Tooth thickness:
Distance of the tooth measured along the circumference of the pitch circle is known as tooth thickness .
Tooth space:
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Tooth space:
Distance between the two adjacent tooth measured along the circumference of the pitch circle is known as the tooth space.
Backlash:
It is the difference between the tooth thickness and the tooth space. It prevents jamming of the gears in meshing condition.
Profile:
It is the curved formed by the face and flank is known as profile of the tooth. Gear tooth are generally have cycloidal or involute profile. Fillet radius
Go Gauge:
i) Go gauge should always go (into the part).
ii) Go gauge checks the Maximum Material Condition (MMC).
iii) Go gauge is used to ensure that MMC is not exceeded.
iv) Go gauge should check both part form and dimension.
v) Go gauge should be equal in length to about three or four times the hole diameter.
Not Go Gauge:
i) Not Go gauge should not go (into the part).
ii) Not Go gauge checks the Least Material Condition (LMC).
iii) Not Go gauge is always relatively shorter, approximately equal to the hole diameter.
iv) Not Go gauge is used to check the rejection or upper limit of the part.
v) Ensures that the part is not undersized, maintaining proper tolerance.
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