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Advantages of Spur Gear:

1. Spur gears have high power transmission efficiency.
2. They are compact and easy to install.
3. They offer constant velocity ratio.
4. Unlike belt drives, spur gear drives have no slip.
5. Spur gears are highly reliable.
6. They can be used to transmit large amount of power (of the order of 50,000 kW).

Disadvantages of Spur Gear:

1. Spur gear drives are costly when compared to belt drives.
2. They have a limited center distance. This is because in a spur gear drive, the gears
should be meshed and they should be in direct contact with each other.
3. Spur gears produce a lot of noise when operating at high speeds.
4. They cannot be used for long distance power transmission.
5. Gear teeth experience a large amount of stress.

Applications of Spur Gear:

Spur gears have a wide range of applications. They are used in:
1. Metal cutting machines
2. Power plants
3. Marine engines
4. Mechanical clocks and watches
5. Fuel pumps
6. Washing Machines

7. Gear motors and gear pumps

8. Rack and pinion mechanisms
9. Material handling equipments
10. Automobile gear boxes
11. Steel mills
12. Rolling mills
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Spur Gear
Advantages

They offer constant velocity ratio

Spur gears are highly reliable

Spur gears are simplest, hence easiest to design and manufacture

A spur gear is more efficient if you compare it with helical gear of same size

Spur gear teeth are parallel to its axis. Hence, spur gear train does not produce axial
thrust. So the gear shafts can be mounted easily using ball bearings.

They can be used to transmit large amount of power (of the order of 50,000 kW)

Disadvantages

Spur gear are slow-speed gears

Gear teeth experience a large amount of stress

They cannot transfer power between non-parallel shafts

They cannot be used for long distance power transmission.

Spur gears produce a lot of noise when operating at high speeds.

when compared with other types of gears, they are not as strong as them

Helical Gear

Advantages

The angled teeth engage more gradually than do spur gear teeth causing them to run
more smoothly and quietly

Helical gears are highly durable and are ideal for high load applications.

At any given time their load is distributed over several teeth, resulting in less wear

Can transmit motion and power between either parallel or right angle shafts

Disadvantages

An obvious disadvantage of the helical gears is a resultant thrust along the axis of
the gear, which needs to be accommodated by appropriate thrust bearings, and a
greater degree of sliding friction between the meshing teeth, often addressed with
additives in the lubricant. Thus we can say that helical gears cause losses due to the
unique geometry along the axis of the helical gears shaft.

Efficiency of helical gear is less because helical gear trains have sliding contacts
between the teeth which in turns produce axial thrust of gear shafts and generate
more heat. So, more power loss and less efficiency

Bevel Gear
Advantages

This gear makes it possible to change the operating angle.

Differing of the number of teeth (effectively diameter) on each wheel

allows mechanical advantage to be changed. By increasing or decreasing the ratio of
teeth between the drive and driven wheels one may change the ratio of rotations
between the two, meaning that the rotational drive and torque of the second wheel
can be changed in relation to the first, with speed increasing and torque decreasing,
or speed decreasing and torque increasing.
Disadvantages

One wheel of such gear is designed to work with its complementary wheel and no
other.

Must be precisely mounted.

The shafts' bearings must be capable of supporting significant forces.

Worm Wheel
Advantages

Worm gear drives operate silently and smoothly.

They are self-locking.

They occupy less space.

They have good meshing effectiveness.

They can be used for reducing speed and increasing torque.

High velocity ratio of the order of 100 can be obtained in a single step

Disadvantages

Worm gear materials are expensive.

Worm drives have high power losses

A disadvantage is the potential for considerable sliding action, leading to low

efficiency

They produce a lot of heat.

Rack and Pinion

Advantages

Cheap

Compact

Robust

Easiest way to convert rotation motion into linear motion

Rack and pinion gives easier and more compact control over the vehicle

Disadvantages

Since being the most ancient, the wheel is also the most convenient and somewhat
more extensive in terms of energy too. Due to the apparent friction, you would
already have guessed just how much of the power being input gives in terms of
output, a lot of the force applied to the mechanism is burned up in overcoming
friction, to be more precise somewhat around 80% of the overall force is burned to
overcome one.

The rack and pinion can only work with certain levels of friction. Too high a friction
and the mechanism will be subject to wear more than usual and will require more
force to operate.

The most adverse disadvantage of rack and pinion would also be due to the inherent
friction, the same force that actually makes things work in the mechanism. Due to the
friction, it is under a constant wear, possibly needing replacement after a certain time

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Helical Gears vs. Spur Gears

written by: Suvo edited by: Lamar Stonecypher updated: 8/18/2010
If you have observed a spur gear application, you may have noticed that the spur gear can be replaced by a
helical gear. Where should a helical gear should be used instead of a spur gear? What are the benefits and
disadvantages of doing so?

A gear is a positive power- transmitting member of mechanical systems.

Unlike belt drive it does not have any slippage, and thats why it is positive.

What is a spur gear?

Most of the time when you see gears, they are spur gears. You can identify a spur gear from its teeth. Teeth are
projected radially and are parallel to the axis of gear. The teeth of a spur gear are exactly perpendicular to its flat
faces.

Advantages of the spur gear

Manufacturability: Spur gears are simplest, hence easiest to

design and manufacture

Efficiency: A spur gear is more efficient if you compare it with

helical gear of same size.

Efficiency of gears: (Output shaft power / Input shaft power)* 100

Efficiency of helical gear is less because helical gear trains have sliding contacts between the teeth which in
turns produce axial thrust of gear shafts and generate more heat. So, more power loss and less efficiency.

Easy to assemble: Spur gear teeth are parallel to its axis. Hence,
spur gear train does not produce axial thrust. So the gear shafts can be mounted easily using ball bearings.
On the other hand, helical gears generate axial thrust so the bearing arrangement of the shafts in this case
should handle the axial thrust along with radial thrust. You may have to go for a roller bearing or a thrust
bearing in this case.

What is helical gear?

The teeth of helical gears are not parallel to the gear axis; they are set at an angle. Since the surface over which
the teeth are made is cylindrical, the teeth take the shape of a helix.

Advantages of the helical gear

Silent operation: In a helical gear train, the teeth engage a little at

a time rather than the entire face at once. This causes less noisy power transfer in case of helical gears.
Non-parallel shaft: Helical gears can be used for transferring

power between non parallel shafts. Though you have to compromise on efficiency in this case.
Strength: For same tooth size (module) and equivalent width,
helical gears can handle more load than spur gears because the helical gear tooth is effectively larger since
it is diagonally positioned.

Spur gear application

In mechanical systems where you will require simple design, more efficient power transfer, and low speed
applications where noise does not matter, you should go for spur gears.
Example: robotics applications, machine tools etc.

Helical gear application

If noise is the main design criteria and you can compromise on power, you should go for helical gear. Helical
gears normally used for high speed, high power mechanical systems.
Example: Car gear box, machine tools etc.

Conclusion
Spur and helical gears are mostly used all around. You should go for spur gear for simplicity and efficiency. On
the other hand helical gear should be considered for smooth high power applications.