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附录1 GEAR Spur and helical gears. A gear having tooth elements that are straight and parallel to its axis is known as a spur gear. A spur pair can be used to connect parallel shafts only. Parallel shafts, however, can also be connected by gears of another type, and a spur gear can be mated with a gear of a different type. (Fig.1.1). To prevent jamming as a result of thermal expansion, to aid lubrication, and to compensate for avoidable inaccuracies in manufacture, all power-transmitting, gears must have backlash. This means that on the gear, and vice versa. On instrument gears, backlash can eliminated by using a gear split down its middle, one half being rotatable relative to the other. A spring forces the split gear teeth to occupy the full width of the pinion space. Helical gears have certain advantages; for example, when connecting parallel shafts they have a higher loadcarrying than spur gears with the same tooth numbers and cut with the same cutter. Because of the overlapping action of the teeth, they are smoother in action and can operate at higher pitch-line to the axis of rotation, helical gears create an axial thrust. If used singly, this thrust must be absorbed in the same blank. Depending on the method of manufacture, the gear may be of the continuous-tooth herringbone variety or a double-helical gear with a space between the two halves to permit the cutting tool to run out. Double-helical gears are well suited for the efficient transmission of power at highspeeds. Helical gears can also be used to connect nonparallel, non-intersecting shafts at any angle to one another. Ninety degrees is the commonest angle at which such gears are used. Worm and bevel gears. In order to achieve line contact and improve the loadcarrying capacity of the crossed-axis helical gears, the gear can be made to curve partially around the pinion, in somewhat the same way that a nut envelops a screw. The result would be a cylindrical worm and gear. Worm gears provide the simplest