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 Wire
Measurements

  EXTERNAL HELICAL GEARS
TO GET HAVING RULE FORMULA
N Number of teeth Given 50
DP Diametral pitch 10
h Pitch helix angle 31.50000
αn Normal pressure angle 30
tn Normal arc tooth thickness 0.15440
DP Pin diameter 0.17280
αd Transverse pressure angle TAN(αn)=TAN(αn)/COS(h) 34.10320
td Transverse arc tooth thickness tn/COS(h) 0.18108
H Base helix angle TAN(H)=TAN(h)COSαd 26.90400
dD Transverse pin diameter d/COS(H) 0.19377
PD Pitch diameter N/[DPCOS(h)] 5.86414
BD Base diameter PDCOS(αd) 4.85568
INVαd Involute function of ad TAN(αd)-[αd(π/180)] 0.08192
A   td/PD 0.03088
D   dD/BD 0.03991
E   π/N 0.06283
INVβ Involute function of β A+D+INVαd-E 0.08987
β Pressure angle to pin center See tables (page G14) 35.06197
CC Twice the center distance BD/COS(β) 5.93218
DE Dimension over pins even # of teeth CC+d 6.10498
DO Dimension over pins odd # of teeth COS(90/N)CC+d ***********
Φ Pressure angle to point of tangency TAN(Φ)=TAN(β)-[dCOS(H)/BD] 33.82546
RT Radius to point of tangency BD/[2COS(Φ)] 2.92251

Determining Dimensions over Pins or Balls