RESEARCH ARTICLE

Planet position errors in planetary transmission: Effect on load sharing and transmission error

  • Miguel IGLESIAS ,
  • Alfonso FERNÁNDEZ ,
  • Ana DE-JUAN ,
  • Ramón SANCIBRIÁN ,
  • Pablo GARCÍA
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  • University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain

Received date: 10 Nov 2012

Accepted date: 17 Dec 2012

Published date: 05 Mar 2013

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

In this paper an advanced model of spur gear transmissions developed by the authors is used to study the influence of carrier planet pin hole position errors on the behaviour of the transmission. The model, initially conceived for external gear modeling, has been extended with internal meshing features, and thus increasing its capabilities to include planetary transmission modeling. The new features are presented, along with the summary of the model general approach. The parameters and characteristics of the planetary transmission used in the paper are introduced. The influence of carrier planet pin hole position errors on the planet load sharing is studied, and several static cases are given as examples in order to show the ability of the model. Tangential and radial planet pin hole position errors are considered independently, and the effect of the load level is also taken into account. It is also given attention to the effect on the transmission error of the transmission. Two different configurations for the planetary transmission are used, attending to the fixed or floating condition of the sun, and the differences in terms of load sharing ratio are shown.

Cite this article

Miguel IGLESIAS , Alfonso FERNÁNDEZ , Ana DE-JUAN , Ramón SANCIBRIÁN , Pablo GARCÍA . Planet position errors in planetary transmission: Effect on load sharing and transmission error[J]. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2013 , 8(1) : 80 -87 . DOI: 10.1007/s11465-013-0362-7

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