Question

A gear train has two gears. The driver gear has 8 teeth and a diametral pitch of 6 teeth/inch. the follower gear has 24 teeth. What is the diametral pitch of the follower gear?

Answer 1

18 teeth/inch

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that: i. driver gear has 8 teeth and diametral pitch of 6 teeth/inch.

ii. follower gear has 24 teeth.

Let the followers diametral pitch be represented by x.

Then,

8 teeth ⇒ 6 teeth/inch

24 teeth ⇒ x teeth/inch

So that;

x =
`(24 x 6)/(8)`

=
`(144)/(8)`

= 18 teeth/inch

The diametral is 18 teeth/inch