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| What is the tooth shape determined by? |
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Definition
| Pressure angle, DP/Module, number of teeth |
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| Describe the shape of a spur gear tooth. |
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Definition
| Straight parallel tooth which typically uses a involute curve. |
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| What is the circular pitch of gear? |
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Definition
| The distance from a point on one tooth to the corresponding point on the next tooth. |
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| The radial distance from the root of the gear to the pitch circle is the? |
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Definition
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| What is the face of a gear tooth? |
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Definition
| Its the contact or working surface of a tooth |
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Term
| What is the difference between the flank and the face of the gear tooth? |
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Definition
-Flank is surface of the tooth that lies between pitch circle and root circle of gear.
-Face lies between the pitch circle and top of tooth |
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Term
| What describes the size of the gear tooth in metric? |
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Definition
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Term
| Linear pitch is equal to? And where does it apply to? |
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Definition
| Equal to circular pitch of mating gear, and applies to gear racks |
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| The radial distance from the pitch circle to the outside diameter is the? |
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Definition
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Definition
| The radial distance that a gear tooth extends into the space of a mating gear at full engagement. |
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