The conjugate meshing face-gear pairs are implemented to high shaft angle intersecting axis gears such as the pericyclic transmission system. The meshing face-gear pair tooth surfaces are generated with a mutually conjugate spur shaper. The established tooth geometry and the dimensions of the conjugate face-gear pairs are summarized in this article. Four different example face-gear pairs are generated at various shaft angles and numbers of tooth combinations. Tooth bending stresses of these face-gear pair teeth are investigated based on finite element analysis methods. In these analyses, only single pairs of teeth are investigated. These results are compared to analog the spur gear tooth bending stresses calculated by finite element analysis and standard spur gear stress formulas. Meshing face-gear pair single tooth bending stress levels show approximately 3% to 6% difference from same size spur gear tooth.
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