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    This document discusses involutes, which are curves traced by a point on a taut cord unwinding from a circle or regular polygon. It provides three key points: 1) The involute curve becomes straighter as it unwinds further from the base circle and becomes a straight line at infinity. Involutes drawn from smaller circles are more curved. 2) The teeth of gears have an involute shape which allows their relative rotation speeds to remain constant while engaged, preventing vibration and wear. Nearly all modern gears have involute teeth. 3) Tracing the path of one end of a line rolling around a circle produces an involute curve, demonstrating how involutes simulate rolling motion between gears.

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    This document discusses involutes, which are curves traced by a point on a taut cord unwinding from a circle or regular polygon. It provides three key points: 1) The involute curve becomes straighter as it unwinds further from the base circle and becomes a straight line at infinity. Involutes drawn from smaller circles are more curved. 2) The teeth of gears have an involute shape which allows their relative rotation speeds to remain constant while engaged, preventing vibration and wear. Nearly all modern gears have involute teeth. 3) Tracing the path of one end of a line rolling around a circle produces an involute curve, demonstrating how involutes simulate rolling motion between gears.

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    This document discusses involutes, which are curves traced by a point on a taut cord unwinding from a circle or regular polygon. It provides three key points: 1) The involute curve becomes straighter as it unwinds further from the base circle and becomes a straight line at infinity. Involutes drawn from smaller circles are more curved. 2) The teeth of gears have an involute shape which allows their relative rotation speeds to remain constant while engaged, preventing vibration and wear. Nearly all modern gears have involute teeth. 3) Tracing the path of one end of a line rolling around a circle produces an involute curve, demonstrating how involutes simulate rolling motion between gears.

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    This document discusses involutes, which are curves traced by a point on a taut cord unwinding from a circle or regular polygon. It provides three key points: 1) The involute curve becomes straighter as it unwinds further from the base circle and becomes a straight line at infinity. Involutes drawn from smaller circles are more curved. 2) The teeth of gears have an involute shape which allows their relative rotation speeds to remain constant while engaged, preventing vibration and wear. Nearly all modern gears have involute teeth. 3) Tracing the path of one end of a line rolling around a circle produces an involute curve, demonstrating how involutes simulate rolling motion between gears.

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    INVOLUTES

    An involute is a curve that is traced by a point on


    a taut cord unwinding from a circle or regular
    polygon, which is called a base or (plane figures
    for part of this unit which includes a line,
    triangle, square, hexagon) The involute is a form
    of spiral, the curvature of which becomes
    straighter as it is drawn from a base circle and
    becomes a straight line at infinity. An involute
    drawn from a small base circle is more curved
    than one drawn from a larger base circle.

    The involute of a circle has a property


    that makes it important to the gear
    industry: if the teeth of two mating gears
    have the shape of an involute, their
    relative rates of rotation are constant
    while the teeth are engaged. With teeth of
    other shapes, the relative speeds rise and
    fall as successive teeth engage, resulting
    in vibration, noise, and excessive wear.
    For this reason, nearly all modern gear
    teeth bear the involute shape.

    The Involute Curve.


    There is another approach used to
    simulate rolling action. Consider what
    happens when you place one end of a
    straight line (with a length equal to half
    the circumference of the circle) on the
    perimeter of a circle and then rotate
    that line around the perimeter of the
    circle until the other end touches the
    perimeter of the circle.
    If you observe what happens to the
    end of the line, you will see how it
    moves away from the circle. If you
    trace a line along the path taken by
    the end of the straight line as it rolls
    around the circle, the result is an
    Involute Curve

    Involute of a straight line


    Step 1. Extend line AB as shown.
    Step 2. With centre B and radius
    AB draw a semi-circle.
    Step 3. With Centre A and radius
    AC draw the second semi-circle.
    Step 4. With centre B and radius BD
    draw another semi-circle.
    Step 5. Darken the three semicircles to give the involute of the
    straight line.

    Involute of a Triangle
    Step 1. Extend lines BC, AB
    and CA as shown.

    Step 2. With centre C and


    radius AC strike an arc to
    intersect line BC.
    Step 3. Repeat the step at
    points B and A.
    Step 4. Darken the involute.

    COMPLETED INVOLUTE OF A TRIANGLE

    COMPLETED INVOLUTE OF A SQUARE

    Involute of a Hexagon
    Step 1. Extend the sides of the
    hexagon as shown.

    Step 2. Draw arcs and darken


    the involute.

    Involute of a Circle
    Step 1. Divide the circle into
    12 equal divisions.
    Step 2. Draw lines tangent to
    the 12 divisions as shown.

    Step 3. With a compass draw


    arcs as shown.

    Step 4. Darken the involute.

    HOW IS THE INVOLUTE OF A CIRCLE USED


    TO PRODUCE GEAR TEETH

    An animated path of an
    involute of a circle

    Five points showing the trace of


    the involute which is in fact the
    construction of a gear tooth.
    The movement of a mating gear tooth.

    EXAMPLES OF MATING GEARS

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