AGMA 05FTM10 PDF

The Ikona gear tooth profile is a patented non-involute tooth profile for internal gear pairs. Gears with this profile have the following properties: the teeth are conjugate; the contact ratio is very high; there is no tip interference, even when only a one-tooth difference between the pinion and internal gear; there is minimal backlash; and the gears can be cut on conventional gear-cutting machines. Large reduction ratios can be achieved by a single gear pair and a high contact ratio results in lower tooth stresses than for a similar involute gear. Plus, minimal backlash makes the Ikona profile ideal for many applications, such as servo-drives, medical prostheses, and robots. Stress analysis of these gears assumes that the contact force is equal at each contacting tooth pair. Finite element results demonstrate how the number of tooth pairs in contactmay increase under load. Finally, an estimate will be presented, showing the variation of tooth force between the contacting teeth.