Test Bench for Static Transmission Error Evaluation in Gears Politecnico di Torino

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Rosso, Carlo, author.

Contributor:

Bruzzone, Fabio

Maggi, Tommaso

Marcellini, Claudio

Conference Name:

WCX SAE World Congress Experience (2020-04-21 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2020

Summary:

In this paper a test bench for measuring the Static Transmission Error of two mating gears is presented and a comparison with the results obtained with the code GeDy TrAss and a commercial Finite Element software are shown. Static Transmission Error is considered as the main source of overloads and Noise, Vibration and Harshness issues in mechanical transmissions. It is defined as the difference between the theoretical angular position of a gear under load in quasi-static conditions and the real one. This parameter strictly depends on the applied torque and the tooth macro and micro-geometry. The test bench illustrated in this work is designed to evaluate the actual Static Transmission Error of two gears under load in quasi-static conditions. In particular this testbed can be divided in two macro elements: the first one is the mechanism composed by weights and pulleys that generates a driving and a breaking torque up to 500 Nm. The second element is composed by two structures called "support": one fixed to the floor and the other movable in order to be as much as possible flexible to set tests for every kind of gears (spur, helical, bevel, hypoid, et cetera). Above these two supports the kinematic chain (shafts, bearings, gears), the torque-meter to measure the instantaneous torque and two high precision angular encoders to detect angular differences up to 10^(-6) rad are mounted. The Static Transmission Error experimental results obtained by the test bench for a coupling of standard helical gears are then described and compared with virtual results of the numerical-analytical code GeDy TrAss. Furthermore, the same results are then compared with a commercial Finite Element software, normally used during the design phase. Finally, conclusions are drawn, and future developments are discussed

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Publisher Number:

2020-01-1324

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