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Gear design and analysis, the full powertrain system
Using Romax Concept and Romax Enduro.
Gears are a hallmark feature of everything we do at Romax. We work with customers across a wide range of industries, from heavy industry to Formula One, on projects from initial design and sizing all the way through to optimisation, tolerancing, manufacture and testing.
Gear design begins in Romax Concept, which offers fast early stage design, sizing and rating. Gears can be represented as 1) loading gears, for fast design iteration of ratios and layouts while providing essential system loads without needing detailed geometry, 2) concept gears, for selection of module and tooth number combinations, and 3) detailed gears, with full macro-geometry parameters. The automated gear set designer can be used to search the gear geometry design space, and score candidate designs using user-specified and weighted criteria. Each candidate can be examined and easily swapped into the system design, viewing life prediction and rating for constant feedback on the design feasibility.
Romax Enduro offers further methods for a more flexible and detailed gear design process, such as batch running (enabling design and optimisation of multiple gear sets simultaneously), parametric studies, tolerancing and sensitivity studies, and the ability to add further detail such as micro-geometry. We will also demonstrate advanced simulation capabilities such as thin-rimmed gear root stress analysis, and give an overview of the interfaces we support to third party gear design and manufacturing tools.
Gear design begins in Romax Concept, which offers fast early stage design, sizing and rating. Gears can be represented as 1) loading gears, for fast design iteration of ratios and layouts while providing essential system loads without needing detailed geometry, 2) concept gears, for selection of module and tooth number combinations, and 3) detailed gears, with full macro-geometry parameters. The automated gear set designer can be used to search the gear geometry design space, and score candidate designs using user-specified and weighted criteria. Each candidate can be examined and easily swapped into the system design, viewing life prediction and rating for constant feedback on the design feasibility.
Romax Enduro offers further methods for a more flexible and detailed gear design process, such as batch running (enabling design and optimisation of multiple gear sets simultaneously), parametric studies, tolerancing and sensitivity studies, and the ability to add further detail such as micro-geometry. We will also demonstrate advanced simulation capabilities such as thin-rimmed gear root stress analysis, and give an overview of the interfaces we support to third party gear design and manufacturing tools.