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Example face gears, a type of bevel gearing, one with a spur gear mating pinion and one with a helical gear mating pinion.

Gears: Bevel and Hypoid Gear Terminology

Gears: Bevel and Hypoid Gear Terminology is a highly visual course designed for any learner who must be familiar with commonly used terminology unique to bevel and hypoid gears. Ready to take the next step? Explore the course details and see everything we’ve packed into this program!

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Course Description

Gears: Bevel and Hypoid Gear Terminology is a highly visual course designed for any learner who must be familiar with commonly used terminology unique to bevel and hypoid gears. In this course, learners engage with brief animated sequences and periodic interactive elements designed to provide a basic understanding of straight bevel, spiral bevel, zerol bevel, skew bevel, and hypoid gears, including the terminology essential to understanding aspects of a gear’s geometry, and important calculations such as gear ratio, contact ratio, and face contact ratio.

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Who will benefit from this Bevel and Hypoid Gears course?

Any learner who must be familiar with commonly used terminology for bevel and hypoid gears.

Course Classification

This manufacturing course by THORS eLearning Solutions covers identification of key terms.

*THORS uses the Bloom’s Taxonomy Methodology for our course development.

Certificate Awarded for Gears: Bevel and Hypoid Gear Terminology

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Learning Objectives

  1. Recognize the different types of bevel and hypoid gears.
  2. Understand the commonly used terms relevant for bevel and hypoid gears.

Illustrations of a hypoid gear with dashed lines demonstrating the axis crossing point and the offset.

Gears: Bevel and Hypoid Gear Terminology

Table of Contents

  1. What Are Bevel and Hypoid Gears?
    1. Gear Types
    2. Learning Moment
  2. Commonly Used Terminology
    1. Axial References
      1. Axis of Rotation
      2. Crossing Point
      3. Mounting Distance
      4. Offset
      5. Learning Moment
    2. Conical Surfaces
      1. Pitch Cone
      2. Pitch Cone Apex
      3. Apex to Back
      4. Face Cone
      5. Root Cone
      6. Front Cone
      7. Back Cone
      8. Crown Circle
      9. Learning Moment
    3. Tooth Surfaces
      1. Heel
      2. Toe
      3. Learning Moment
    4. Cone Distance
      1. Outer Cone Distance
      2. Mean Cone Distance
      3. Back Cone Distance
      4. Inner Cone Distance
      5. Learning Moment
    5. Angles
      1. Face Angle
      2. Root Angle
      3. Pitch Angle
      4. Shaft Angle
      5. Front Angle
      6. Back Angle
      7. Learning Moment
    6. Spiral Angles
      1. Mean Spiral Angle
      2. Inner Spiral Angle
      3. Outer Spiral Angle
      4. Learning Moment
    7. Gear Meshing
      1. Gear Ratio
      2. Contact Ratio
      3. Face Advance
      4. Face Contact Ratio
      5. Learning Moment

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