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It shall be case-hardened alloy steel. The exact name of steel also depends on DP and the cost one can bear.

The following book is recommended: "The geometry of involute gears" by John R. Colbourne, 1987,Springer-Verlag.

I've done these simulations many times by solving the 3-D elastic contact problems. The model included two gears, a bearing. No external help was used since I had confidence in these subjects.

I believe that they'll run well if the following three conditions are met: (i) the two base circle pitches are equal (ii) the contact ratio is larger than 1 (iii) the center distance is set properly so that there is no interference

Many gear design software are advertised in this page: http://www.geartechnology.com/product.php?a=Gear%20Design%20Software The company called Involute Simulation Softwares has sold bevel gear software. Also Gleason has commercial gear software to sell. Last Oct. at the Fall AGMA technical...

I've run through a rating process. The answer is yes if the gears are at least through-hardened-heat- treated, and expect to run 300 hours, with AGMA Quality Q9. Warning: I am not liable to my estimate. More detailed and rigorous analysis are required if you really decided to use them lift 10...

If you tell the torque applied to either the gear or pinion, I can give an estimate based on calculation.

The 2GB memory limit was posed by the Windows XP operating system, not the ANSYS version or the ANSYS Inc. Over years, Microsoft has slowly upgraded the Windows operating system, first from 16-bit to 32-bit. Now we'll need the 64-bit upgraded from the 32-bit. The 64-bit system supports using...

Yes, I plan to use 64-bit windows to overcome the limit of 2gb RAM. My PC has 8 GB RAM. But my ANSYS can only uses less than 2GB now to solve the contact problems. Thus it's slow now.

Bevel gear design is a serious mechanical engineering subject. A acceptable approach is to follow the following standard: "ANSI/AGMA 2003-B97 - Rating the pitting resistance and bending strength of generated straight bevel, zerol bevel and spiral bevel gear teeth" AGMA has been creating a...

Canadian company Standard Machines, http://www.hamiltongear.com in Saskatoon,SA, can also design and make large gearboxes. I visited that company three years ago, and saw several large Niles grinders, which were bought from Philadelphia Gear when Philadelphia Gear. Gearbox technolgy is a mature...

Helical gears are preferred whenever possible. The pressure angle of 20 degree is OK. The 25 degree of pressure angle is alos widely used.

The planetary gear drive with four planets will transfer more power/torque than that using three planets. There are many questions and answers in gear engineering.

Isn't the gearing ratio equal to 1500 / 62, i.e. 24.2?

The price of ANSYS is lower than the ABAQUS, the difference could be several thousands, because ANSYS is sold by the outside dealers. ABAQUS' fracture mechanics and contact problem solvers were better. Now such capabilities of ANSYS are also very satisfactory. ANSYS' own GUI is better than...