Performance Analysis of Non-metallic Gears in Bi-directional Loading-Supported by Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Guwahati;  

PhD work guidance in progress at IIT Guwahati Student M. Kodeeswaran External, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(Since 2012)

Objective: Evaluation of advanced polymer gears for bidirectional loading

Major Activities:

Develop test rig to evaluate fatigue performance under bi-directional loading condition

Bending fatigue performance evaluation of carbon fiber reinforced nylon gears and PEEEK and PEEK+CF gear

Evaluation of polymer gear transmission error

 

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View of test rig and machined PEEK gear

Developed test rig

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Integrated with servo hydraulic test facility

Transmission error of symmetric and asymmetric gear

TE of polymeric gear meshed with steel and polymeric gear

Path of contact Polyamide-Polyamide

Contributors: Anand Mohan, MTech Scholar(2011-2012), Prateek Kumar and Saroj Manda, BTech(2010-11)