Face gears are the gear wheel with cogs mortised into its face, usually in
conjugation with a lantern pinion. Face gear enables the transmission of drive
through an angle. Their use in high power, high precision applications have
become popular. Face gears have high strength teeth and good contact geometry,
which give high torque capability.
Face gears help to ensure accuracy and rigidity. It is generated by a shaper
cutter with the same diametrical pitch and pressure angle as the pinion.
Pressure angle of a face gear is calculated by calculating the shape of the
tooth, the frontal pressure angle.
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