Research on the Parametric Design of Involute Helical Gear Based on Pro/Program

Involute helical gear has advantages of larger overlap coefficient, steady transmission, lower impact and noise, higher load bearing capacity, longer life, so it is widely used in machinery, mining, metallurgy, aerospace and other fields. However, due to the involute helical gear tooth profile shape is more complex, and some low-level CAD software is difficult to directly generate a three-dimensional helical gear tooth profile. According to involute helical gear formation principle, this paper presents an effective method to establish the three-dimensional model for involute helical gear. In this paper, a parametric design method of realizing involute helical gear 3D model by using Pro/E modeling functions and Pro/Program programming is discussed. This method can enable designers to obtain helical gear 3D solid model quickly and accurately by inputting a little geometry characteristic parameters. It can also enables designers quickly update design based on the existing 3D gear model, so as to improve the design efficiency.