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double-circular-arc gear generator software 4

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factsb4pride

Automotive
Dec 27, 2010
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Does anyone know of a gear generator for CAD systems that will produce double circular-arc gears? Both internal and exxternal? I am working with solidworks. Please post your suggestions. thanks.
 
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Factsb4pride

what is the accuracy req'd. equivalent to the AGMA std.

One question was asked, what type of machines & tools are req'd to manufacture. shaping & hobbing may or may not be an issue.
is Grinding or honing with the current machines possible.

Is China & Russia tooled for such designed.
I never seen no less Mfg such gears in the USA

Mfgenggear
 
I am still looking for some software that will produce various forms of circular arc gears, that I can subsequently import into solidworks.

@mfgenggear: no offense, but I am having trouble discerning your comments. The accuracy requirement on my end is whatever will work in the chosen application. I am planning on using hydrodynamic bearings, and want to insure that any subsequent center-to-center deltas or errors are tolerable by the chosen circular arc gear.

I am aware that these types of gears are mostly made in Russia and China, and not in the U.S. That is one of the reasons I am here seeking information from people in the industry. Often a design may be rejected due to politics or the "not invented here" syndrome, and I do not want to overlook what may be a practical, superior alternative to standard involute tooth profile gears for those reasons.
 
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