Designation of worm gears

Q.  A standard worm gear pair is designated as 4/40/10/8, what does number 10 in it indicate?
- Published on 23 Sep 15

a. Number of starts on worm
b. Diametral quotient
c. Centre distance
d. Module

ANSWER: Diametral quotient
 

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  • Sravanthi   -Posted on 01 Oct 15
    A standard worm gear pair is designated as zw / zg / q / m / a.
    zw = number of starts on worm,
    zg = number of teeth on worm gear,
    q = diametral quotient, m = module
    a = centre distance.

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