Maximum Size of Involute Gear Teeth

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Pairs of surfaces with the involutes of a circle as cross sections are plotted from the vertices of regular polygons. The diameter of the circle where the surfaces meet determines the maximum theoretically possible involute gear tooth size.

Details

To study involute gear geometry start with the earlier Circle Involute Demonstration (see the Related Links).

External Links

Circle Involute (Wolfram MathWorld)
Circle Involute
Circle Involute 3D Art
Mechanical Involute Gears

Permanent Citation

Sándor Kabai, János Tóth
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​"Maximum Size of Involute Gear Teeth"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MaximumSizeOfInvoluteGearTeeth/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: September 24, 2008