Evaluation of Tooth Surface Micro-Finishing on Gear Noise

Abstract:

For automotive gear manufacturers, reducing gear noise while maintaining the gear load-carrying capacity as well as the wear resistance has become more and more important. Macro- and micro-geometrical defects have long been studied in order to explain the vibratory behavior of gears. However, the contribution of the micro-scale roughness of the flanks, essential in the gear contact mechanics, has not yet been fully understood.This paper addresses this issue where gears were manufactured with two industrial finishing processes (grinding and power-honing) while having the same macro-scale characteristics. Tridimensional topographical features of teeth surface were hence measured using a three-dimensional white light interferometer. As manufactured surface topographies are highly complex, irregular, and multiscale, all the teeth surfaces were characterized in the entire wavelength band using a multiscale method based on wavelets transform. Vibration performances of the gears were then tested on a single-stage low powertrain. Results demonstrate the influence of micro-roughness scales on vibrations amplitude.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 651-653)
• Pages: 498-503
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.651-653.498
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Simon Jolivet*, Sabeur Mezghani, Jérôme Isselin, Alain Giraudeau, Mohamed El Mansori, Hassan Zahouani
• Keywords: Gear Vibrations, Micro-Finishing, Multiscale Analysis, Tooth Surface Finishing

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