Gear 2

BASIC TECHNOLOGY JSS2 Third term

Sub-Theme: Tools, machines and processes

WEEK 7

Gear 2

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

  1. Determine gear ratio and speed rotation

Content

Gear ratio and speed rotation

Gear ratio

This is defined as the ratio of the number of teeth on the driver gear to that on the driven gear.

T1 is the number of teeth on the driver gear

T2 is the number of teeth on the driven gear

 

Speed ratio

This is defined as the ratio of the speed of the driven gear to the speed of the driver gear.

S1 is the speed of the driver gear

S2 is the speed of.... View More

Subscribe now to gain full access to this lesson note

Take Me There

Click here to gain access to the full notes.