Affiliation:
1. University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Department of Mechanical Engineering Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA
Abstract
Frictional heating from rolling and sliding contacts of gear teeth is of extreme importance for monitoring the condition of a gear transmission under its continuing operation. The surface temperature holds the critical information about the condition of a gear. A new power circulating gear test rig with a multichannel computer data acquisition system was built to develop various sensor technologies for gear surface temperature monitoring. In this paper, gear surface temperature monitoring will be presented by using miniature thermocouples. Five miniature type-K thermocouples of 125 μm in diameter were embedded underneath the tooth surface of a spur gear, and real-time surface temperature variations from a wide range of operating conditions were measured. The various effects of load, rotating speed, and meshing point on the surface temperature are discussed. The results attained in this study indicate that the maximum temperature rise occurs on the dedendum, close to the dedendum circle, and the maximum surface temperature difference at the various contact points along the tooth profile was 13°C. Among the various temperature monitoring techniques, the thermocouple is a very reliable and practical means for online gear condition monitoring.
Subject
Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces,Mechanical Engineering
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