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How many types of gears?

Updated: 12/23/2022
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Following are the types of gears generally used inb industry 1)spur gear-having straight teeth(generally preffered due to low cost bu noisy operation 2)bevel gear-having teeth at certain angle(it has the speciality that its teeth when when coincided theotratically it forms the shape of a cone. low noise ) 3)helical gear- having teeth in the form of helix ie at certain angle depending on the application.preffered for low noise applixcation but generally costly 4) rack and pinion-it is an arrangement generally preffered to convert linear motion into rotary motion or vice versa 5)epicyclic gear - generally a group of gear used for power transmission besides these there are some others such as spiral gear

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