Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present a kind of novel cycloid steel ball planetary transmission with one-tooth difference and to examine the feasibility of this mechanism using PRO/E-based kinetic simulation. The mechanism’s structure and transmission principle are introduced and the geometry of tooth surface for the planet gear is described and analyzed; and further, the rule of determining the directrix of tooth surface is deduced to avoid the interference and self-cross of tooth surface. On PRO/E software platform, the main parts of this mechanism are virtually modeled and assembled and the kinetic simulations on the movement trajectory and the velocity relationship are performed. The obtained results confirm that the cycloid steel ball planetary transmission with one- tooth difference is feasible.

Keywords:

Kinetic simulation, pin-cycloid planetary gearing, steel ball, transmission principle,

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