Unit selection – gearbox

This is one of the SEED curriculum engineering design guides. SEED (Sharing Experience in Engineering Design) is an organisation of teachers of design in tertiary education.

The purpose of this guide is to enable the user to determine the attributes required of a gearbox to meet a specific power transmission need and then to select an appropriate gearbox from those offered by manufacturers. It has been compiled as part of a series which covers typical elements of a system. It is not concerned with the detailed design of a gearbox which will be covered in other guides in this series. Before embarking on the selection procedure it is necessary to ensure that the need for a gearbox, has been carefully considered. The guides at higher levels in the Mechanical Power Transmission Series provide assistance in this process. The successful selection of a suitable gearbox is the result of matching the requirements of the power transmission system with one of the range of boxes offered by the manufacturers. Thus information about the system and information about available hardware is necessary.

The guide looks at the selection procedure, types of gearbox and their characteristics, general characteristics, factors affecting gearbox selection, and manufacturers.

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Author: P. H. Hamilton
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