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Define ‘Gear Train’. State its purpose and types of gear train.

Question: 

(i) Define ‘Gear Train’. State its purpose and types of gear train.

 

Answer: 

Definition: When two or more gears are made to mesh with each other to transmit power from one shaft to another. Such a combination is called gear train

Purpose: The purpose of the train used is

To obtain correct & required velocity ratio between driver & driven shafts.

To decide upon the relative position of the axes of shafts.

To decide upon amount of power to be transmitted between shafts

Types: Following are the different types of gear trains, depending upon the arrangement of wheels :

1. Simple gear train,

2. Compound gear train,

3. Reverted gear train, and

4. Epicyclic gear train.