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An annular spur gear (1) mounted on shaft (A) has 120 teeth and drives a spur gear pinion (2) having 15
teeth mounted on shaft B. Compounded with gear (2) is a 75 tooth spur gear (3) which drives a 20 tooth
spur gear (4) mounted on shaft (C). Mounted on the same shaft as gear (4) is a 144 tooth spur gear (5)
driving a spur gear (6) which is mounted on shaft (D) which is co-linear with the axis of shaft (A). All
shafts are parallel and in the same plane.
Solution
A D
B 3 6
2
1 5
C
4
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6
+ + = +
2 2 2 2 2 2
Since all of the gears have the same diametral pitch the above equation can be written in terms of the
number of teeth. That is,
N1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 5 N 6
+ + = +
2 2 2 2 2 2
and
N 6 = N1 + N 3 + N 4 N 2 N 5
= 120 + 75 + 20 15 144
N 6 = 56 teeth
d). The distance between shafts (A) and (C) can be written as
D1 D2 D3 D4
AC = + +
2 2 2 2
N1 N 2 N 3 N 4
= + +
2P 2P 2P 2P
120 15 75 20
= + +
8 8 8 8
AC = 25 inches