MODIFICATIONS OF GEAR WHEEL TEETH OF AVIATION GEARBOXES TO INCREASE THEIR OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY

The types and methods of modifications of teeth and gear wheels, which have found application in gearboxes of aircraft and helicopters, are presented. Features of geometry, parameters of different types of initial produced contours, their modifications, application and influence of various factors on improving the operational characteristics of gear drives of aviation gearboxes are considered. Arcuate (short and long) and short linear options for modifying the tooth profiles of aircraft gearboxes are best suited to absorb the errors of spur gears. There was no significant difference in the use of short and long correction for a relative decrease in temperature in the contact zone of the wheel teeth, therefore, the use of any correction of the tooth profile, with rare exceptions, turns out to be useful. The advantages of using increased profile angles in comparison with the standard ones used in general mechanical engineering are considered. Development of designs of teeth and gear wheels in aircraft gearboxes, the use of gears with teeth of an asymmetric profile, which can be considered as a cardinal modification of the tooth profiles. The use of such gears increases the strength of the teeth due to the increase in the thickness of the teeth. Unsymmetrical teeth have a large thickness at the tip, which reduces teeth chipping and due to their greater height, greater smoothness of engagement is achieved, bending and contact stresses are reduced. The most radical type of modification is the use of asymmetric profiles of the teeth of the wheels of aircraft gearboxes.