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Wire
Measurements
INTERNAL HELICAL GEARS

Determining Space
Thickness Given
Dimensions Under
Pins or Balls

TO GET HAVING RULE FORMULA
N Number of teeth

Given

60
DP Normal diametral pitch 24
  Normal pressure angle 22.5
h Pitch helix angle 7.50000
d Ball diameter 0.07377
DE Dimension under balls even # of teeth 2.41200
DO Dimension under balls odd # of teeth *******
αd Transverse pressure angle TAN(αd)=TAN(αn)/COS (h) 22.67458
H Base helix angle TAN(H)=TAN(h)COSαd 6.92618
dD Transverse ball diameter d/COS(H) 0.07431
PD Pitch diameter N/[DPCOS(h)] 2.52157
BD Base diameter PDCOS(αd) 2.32668
CE Twice the center distance of ball and gear even # of teeth DE+d 2.48577
CO Twice the center distance of ball and gear odd # of teeth (DO+d)/COS(90/N) *******
β Pressure angle to ball center COS(β)=BD/CE or CO 20.60986
INVβ Involute function of β TAN(β)-[β(p/180)] 0.01636
INVαd Involute function of ad TAN(αd)-[αd(p/180)] 0.02204
D   dD/BD 0.03194
sd Transverse arc space width PD(INVβ+DINVαd) 0.06621
sn Normal arc space width sdCOS(h) 0.06565

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