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meshes with a worm gear (which is similar in appearance to a spur gear, and is also called a
worm wheel). The terminology is often confused by imprecise use of the term worm gear to
refer to the worm, the worm gear, or the worm drive as a unit.
Like other gear arrangements, a worm drive can reduce rotational speed or allow higher torque to
be transmitted. The image shows a section of a gear box with a worm gear being driven by a
worm. A worm is an example of a screw, one of the six simple machines.
Contents
1 Explanation
2 Types
3 Direction of transmission
4 Applications
5 Left hand and right hand worm
6 Manufacture
7 See also
8 References
o 8.1 Bibliography
9 External links
Explanation
same, then, in terms of the physical size of the 240 tooth gear to that of the 20 tooth gear, the
worm arrangement is considerably smaller in volume.
Types
There are three different types of gears that can be used in a worm drive.
The first are non-throated worm gears. These don't have a throat, or groove, machined around
the circumference of either the worm or worm wheel. The second are single-throated worm
gears, in which the worm wheel is throated. The final type are double-throated worm gears,
which have both gears throated. This type of gearing can support the highest loading.[1]
An enveloping (hourglass) worm has one or more teeth and increases in diameter from its middle
portion toward both ends.[2]
Double-enveloping wormgearing comprises enveloping worms mated with fully enveloping
wormgears. It is also known as globoidal wormgearing.[3]
Direction of transmission
Unlike with ordinary gear trains, the direction of transmission (input shaft vs output shaft) is not
reversible when using large reduction ratios, due to the greater friction involved between the
worm and worm-wheel, when usually a single start (one spiral) worm is used. This can be an
advantage when it is desired to eliminate any possibility of the output driving the input. If a
multistart worm (multiple spirals) is used then the ratio reduces accordingly and the braking
effect of a worm and worm-gear may need to be discounted as the gear may be able to drive the
worm.
Worm gear configurations in which the gear cannot drive the worm are said to be self-locking.
Whether a worm and gear will be self-locking depends on the lead angle, the pressure angle, and
the coefficient of friction; however, it is approximately correct to say that a worm and gear will
be self-locking if the tangent of the lead angle is less than the coefficient of friction.
Applications
A worm drive controlling a gate. The position of the gate will not change after being set
In early 20th century automobiles prior to the introduction of power steering, the effect of a flat
or blowout on one of the front wheels will tend to pull the steering mechanism toward the side
with the flat tire. The employment of a worm screw reduced this effect. Further development of
the worm drive employs recirculating ball bearings to reduce frictional forces, allowing some of
the steering force to be felt in the wheel as an aid to vehicle control and greatly reducing wear,
which leads to difficulties in steering precisely.
Worm drives are a compact means of substantially decreasing speed and increasing torque. Small
electric motors are generally high-speed and low-torque; the addition of a worm drive increases
the range of applications that it may be suitable for, especially when the worm drive's
compactness is considered.
Worm drives are used in presses, in rolling mills, in conveying engineering, in mining industry
machines, and on rudders. In addition, milling heads and rotary tables are positioned using highprecision duplex worm drives with adjustable backlash. Worm gears are used on many lift- (in
US English known as elevator) and escalator-drive applications due to their compact size and the
non-reversibility of the gear.
In the era of sailing ships, the introduction of a worm drive to control the rudder was a
significant advance. Prior to its introduction, a rope drum drive was used to control the rudder,
and rough seas could cause substantial force to be applied to the rudder, often requiring several
men to steer the vessel, with some drives having two large-diameter wheels to allow up to four
crewmen to operate the rudder.
Occasionally a worm gear is designed to be run in reverse, resulting in the output shaft turning
much faster than the input. Examples of this may be seen in some hand-cranked centrifuges or
the wind governor in a musical box.
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