Improvement of Contact Fatigue Strength of Gears by Tooth Surface Modification Processing
Improvement of Contact Fatigue Strength of Gears by Tooth Surface Modification Processing
Improvement of Contact Fatigue Strength of Gears by Tooth Surface Modification Processing
I. Prolusion
In recent years, the power output of automobiles has
risen to upgrade driving comfort. At the same time, the
automatic transmission (hereinafter AT) requires more
gear range, less weight and size reduction to satisfy the
fuel economy and environmental protection requirements.
This trend has caused stress to the tooth dedendum and
the tooth surface contact point to increase at the gear
component which is the main structure of the power
transmission, resulting in high risk of tooth damage due
to dedendum fatigue or pitting fatigue.
Dramatic progress of the shot peening technology has
made it possible to implement the appropriate
countermeasures to improve the dedendum fatigue life.
However, to improve the efficiency of AT power
transmission, the oil with lower viscosity tends to be
applied resulting in more severe conditions for the pitting
fatigue [1]. Therefore, applying only conventional
carburizing, quenching and tempering technologies was
not enough, and the pitting durability has increasingly
becomes the factor governing the gear life [2]. Since the
gears for automobiles are produced in very large
quantities unlike those of other industrial machines, low
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Drive Pinion
Driven Gear
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Carbulized
Shot Peening
Shaving before Grinding after
carburizing
carburizing