Gear drive is used to transmitting mechanical power from one place to another, often used to convey power to wheels of the bicycle and motorcycles. It is also used in a wide variety of machine apart from the vehicle. Let us have a deep insight into the advantages of gear drive in this article.
Advantages of gear drive :
- It is very compact and needs less space.
- Most convenient for very small centre distances.
- The velocity ratio will remain constant throughout and any velocity ratio up to 60:1 can be obtained.
- It has very high efficiency which is very useful in transmitting motion.
- It will be possible to transmit the power if the axes of the shafts are not only parallel, but even when the axis of the shaft is nonparallel, intersecting, non-intersecting and coplanar or non-coplanar by using different types of gears.
- They can be used conveniently for transmission of low, medium and high power.
- It is a reliable service that is a very good advantage.
- Gears are employed for a wide range of applications like in watches, precision measuring instruments, machine tools, gearboxes fitted in automobiles, aero engines, etc.
- Gears may be cast integral with the shafts if required.
- In a wide range of metallic and non-metallic materials, gears can be cast.
- It provides a large range of speed and torque for same input power.
- It is compact and needs less space.