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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Diagrams illustrating forces, angles, and loads on helical gear teeth.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 136\1\  scan0318
Date  12th April 1940 guessed
  
ψ = HELICAL ANGLE
W = TANGENTIAL TOOTH LOAD IN DIAMETRAL PLANE.
WN = TANGENTIAL TOOTH LOAD IN NORMAL PLANE
FIG 1.

φ = PRESSURE ANGLE
WN = TANGENTIAL TOOTH LOAD IN NORMAL PLANE
WT = NORMAL TOOTH LOAD IN NORMAL PLANE
WC = COMPRESSIVE TOOTH LOAD.
(THESE FORCES DO NOT ACT IN THIS PLANE)
FIG 2.
  
  


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