Dear Editor: may be available pertaining to gear formulas.

Also, We have a Gould & Eberhardt 48H Gear Hobber and

Thank you for the very good magazine on gears, It is very we are interested in a computer program for changing gear
informational. contains a wealth of trade information. but still calculations for hobbing helical gears non-differenbalfy. This
maintains a high level of papers. unfortunately not typical for processis often time consuming to do on paper; and we think
other trade publications. that somewhere, someone has a program to simplify rrus
process,
Eugene I, Rivin
Professor Any help or suggestions you can offer would be greatly
Wayne State University appreciated,

Bethlehem Gear & Machine Company

Questions From the Industry Robert A. Schrum
p.o, Box 157
Dear Sirs: Moundsviffe. WV 26041
(304) 845-9050
We are interested in purchasing a computer program which
would enable us to undertake the following: Gear Couplings
J, Plot involute gear tooth profile forms. Rethe article of Mr. Stan Jakuba: "Give your Gears a Break-
2, Indicate the Interference patterns generated with pinion Selectthe Right Couplingl" MaylJune. '87 issue and the con-
cutters, tributions In July/August. '87 issueby Mr. Michael M. Cahstrat
and Mr. Stan Jakuba.
3. Show the action of undercutting for varying numbers of
teeth; all produced from mathematical input data,
The following comments of experts in the field of torsional
We shall be pleased to learn if you can be of help to us in vibration calculation ITVe) will prove that the selection of
this respect the right torsionally soft coupling rrlght elasticity, spring
Uewellin's Machine Co. Ltd, characteristic and damping) is not "black magic" anymore,
M.S. Horlick but an easy task for an engineer having a highly sophisticated
15 Kings Square computer program and the right input data for all components
Bristol BS2 8JJ of the transmlsson. The right coupling for a geared diesel
England generator set can be selected in a few minutes. Provided the
r02721 424026/9 governor of the engine is stable in the system. the coupling
wiJllast for ten or more years, A fluctuating torque monitor-
ing device as developed by the signer can be helpful. especial-
Gentlemen: ly for larger sized transrnissions. as shown below even for
rather complicated systems with several branches, The Signer
We have a smallJob shop type gear company. We have has done the TV C, for 13 USNavy support vesselsWith high
recently begun pursuing a computer system to help us in our powered diesel geared installations (300,()(X). HP total).
gear calculations. Due to the time involved in figuring formulas As a practical example. Fig, 1 shows a main and auxiliary
pertaining to various gears on paper. we are looking for pro- drive for a large sized shuttle tanker r125.()(x), tdwl. The
grams to use on a computer system. following components are used. The main diesel two-stroke,
We are asking if you know of any computer program that slow-speed engine IMAN - B&W. 5 cylinder. 6526 kWat 102
revj is driVing a propeller through a redUction gear. which
also includes a PTO (Power Take Off) for a hydro power
package (5200 kW at 1200 rev) for discharging the crude all.
Letters for this column should be addressed to Between the main engine and the reduction gear a very soft
Letters to the Editor, GEAR TECHNOLOGY, P.O. coupling is arranged. On the forward end of the engine a
Box 1426. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Letters sub- generator drive (1200 f<W at 1800 rev] via a speed increas-
mitted to this column become the property of
GEAR TECHNOLOGY. Names will be withheld ing gear is attached. and a turbine driven by the exhaust gas
upon request; however, no anonymous letters will (550 kW at 1800 rev) is Incorporated, The generator IS runnng
be published. Opinions expressed by contributors at constant speed even at variable engine speed using a RCF
are not necessarily those of the editor or rRenkConstant Frequency) gearbox. For eight different modes
publishing staff. of operation for this vessel. an optimized coupling has to be

6, 'Gear Teohnology
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I:' supplementary locanons 01 lorced vibration calculation 'O·'IFjj') .._1
• recommended IocallO('s lor torque measurement at sea mals
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fi . 1-~ of the torsiorWvibrillion system for it crude oil,shull~ tanker.
DREHSCHwINGLI"IGSBER[CHNU G
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misfiring situation.
~SYNrH Cylinder 1 has only
compres ion. Main
engine is driving pro-
peller and turbine. The
Sth order and 1 l order
of engine are dominant.
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selected. It beIng Impossible to shift all cnrical resonances out
of the speed range.
Fig. 2 shows a typical example (or a mlsfinng sruaaon (only
combustion). which ISdeFinrng [he worst situanon for the In-
stallation. The first order dominant at misfirrng and the fifth
order dominant for this five cylinder enqme create fluctuat-
ing torques which at certain modes of operation may exceed
given permissible values for either resuent coupling rnarenat
or the gears. Twenty years of experience in T V C have built
up so much knowledge in selection of the right components
for transmisions in marine and industrial application that [he
points discussed by Mr. Jakuba and Mr Cal,strat are nor a
- " serious subject In my daily routine any more

Dr. Wilhelm Schaeffer

Renk Tacke GmbH
Augsburg. West Germany
"0 .6

... (continued 01'1 page 48)

Novem'ber /Deoem'ber 198,' 1

KHV PLANETARY GEARING .•. 2. MACM1LLAN, R.H. "Epicyclic GeM Efficiencies". Tile .Engineer, Dec.
(continued from page 31) 23. 1949, pp. 727-728.
3. MACMILLAN, R.H. "Power FI.ow and Loss in DiH, rential
and the strength of the equal velocity mechanism. Most Mechanisms", Journal of Mechanical Engineer:ing Science. Vol. 3, No.
materials for the CYCLO are high carbon chrominum steel 1, 1961, pp 37-41.
with high hardness, which requires an elaborate heat treat- 4. MOROZUMO, MUNEHARU. 'The Efficiency and the Design of
ment and an accurate grinding. The KHV has involute teeth Modified Internal Gearing", Mechanical Researches (Iapanese), No.5.
1970, pp.720-'716.
with a concave to convex contact (internal gear contacts ex-
5. KUDLYAVTZEV, V.H., "Planetary Geanng" (Russian). M chine
ternal gear), which results in. a high contact strength. The Building Publishing House, 1966.
internal. gear has a. very strong bending strength, and the 6. YU, DAVID. "Problems Arising in the Calculation of Gearing Effic-
external gear is modified, which increases the bending iency", Liaoning Machine (Chinese), No.2, 1980, pp. 33-42.
7. YU, DAVID and N. BEACHLEY. "On the Mechanicall Efficiencyo{ Dif-
strength. Therefore. the KHV can use conventional gear ferential Gearing", Transaction of the ASME, Journal of.Mechal1lsms,
materials and common accuracy. Usually, the ring gear is Trc:msmissiol'ls. and Automalion il1 Design, Vol. 107, Mar. 1985, pp.
carbon steel without grinding, and 'the planet is either car- 61-67.
8. Catalog of Equadyne Planelary Speed Reducers, Ross Industries. 1985.
bon or alloy steel, All the gears of the KHV can be generated 9. CIl/Rlog of Andante:c Reducers & Differentials, Andantex USA., Inc.
by standard gear cutters and conventional equipment. 1983.
Compared to the CYCLO, the KHV is easier to manufac- 10. TUPUN, W. A., Gear Design, American Edition, The Industrial Press,
1962.
ture and less expensive .. Therefore, it is a very promising 11. Catal'og of CM-Cycle, Su:mitomo Machinery Corp. of America. 1987.
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M~}'!ythanks to Proiessor Ali A. Seireg of the University of Florida and lnc., 1985. -
13. OBERY, ERlI<, et al, Machinery's Handbook. 22nd edition •. Interns-
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References 14.. Yl.l, DAVID. "On the Interference of Internal Gearing". Proceedings
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VIEWPOWNT In the note in Table B.l the symbollG/in should read ,Ib/ln.
(continued from page 7)
In the caption for Fig. 14. the last equation should read
ERRATA
c,/b! - 0.5, e~ - 2 O~m.
Editors Note: We apologize that several errors appeared
In recent Issuesof GEAR TECHNOLOGY. We regret any in- In the last tvvo paragraphs on page 46. Fig. B. I ,isincor-
convenience these errors may have caused. rectly labelled A. I.

In the Sept/Oct issue, on page 50 of Stan Jakoba's "51

In the article "lo.ngftudlnal load Distribution Unlts:- Me surementl and Equlval neles" the
Factor for Straddle- an'd Ove.rhang-M'ounted figures 1 kg-m under "Moment afforce ... " I kg/dm under
Geaa" by Toshlml Tobe. et al. appearrng in our JuJlAug "Specific force of gravity" and I kg-mlrad under' 'Spring rate:
Issue. the following errors occurred: torsional" all refer to kg force, a symbol sometimes written
Equation 17 should read as kp.

k " !Pn Ib/I[wl + Wz + vvP]max

k - KH/l -o96[k1_ In this same issue, page 47 was incorrectly laid out. The
KHtl
table of terms at the top of the page and Equations 3 and
Equation 19 was ommitted. It should read. 11 immediately below it both are part of the article, "Selec-
When both tooth surfacesjust come into contact at 11 - tlon ,of a P,lIOper,Ball Size" " ." by Van Gerpen and
'I! *, the position 7J" is obtained from
Reece. coonnuec from page 34.

Equation 3 should read:

dSoll'/J -0
PACB
dfj 11-"'*

as follows: I BTN ]~. + K*lnV(PACPJ]

Cos /BHA) *BDI _

+ PACP/ (3)

In Equation 20. the figure ez d should read ez d The remainder of the equations on page 47 [Nos. 12-19)
The letter f in Figs. 9 and J Sb should read ~ belong to Paul Dean's article, "Inter,r,elatfonshl,p ,of
Tooth,Thlckn IS Mea...:sur.ments as IEvaJuat dl by
The first equation in the footnote on the bottom of page Various Measurlngl if: chnlq1ues,:' continued from
r6 should read KFtl - KH~ page 23.

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