Mechanism of a bicycle
Creating a Simple Machine
Designing an 8 -Tooth Gear
create an 8-tooth gear body
When you have multiple bodies in a design, it can be diicult to keep track of which boy represents what part of the project
Designing a 24-Tooth Gear
add an involute gear
Setting the module to 1.00 mm means that the gear teeth will be 1.00 mm wide and 1.00 mm high
Moving the small Gear
If the center distance between two gears is incorrect, the gears will not mesh properly and will not transfer power eiciently
Making Holes in the Gears
Crea琀椀ng a hole
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Making a Hole in the Big Gear
Designing a Base to Connect the Gears
The proper alignment of the gears is critical for eective teeth meshing
create a rectangle
Not all sketches need to be fully constrained. In some cases
create a sketch in the top surface of the Base
create the center of the small circle
Read the sentences and tick True or False Gears work together and can transmit power and motion
What are gears and how do they work
Explain how the gears work on a bicycle
What is the importance of determining the center distance between two gears
Search the Internet to find applications which use involute gears. Describe two applications and explain the characteristics of involute gears
Use the tools from this unit to create the following model in FreeCAD. The following measurements will help you understand how each side is created.
Use the formula for the gear ratio to calculate the ratio for each combination of gears. Mark with a tick true which combinations of gears give increased speed and which give increased torque