Machine Drawings, Continued
General terms
WHOLE DEPTH (WD): The distance from the top of the tooth to the
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bottom, including the clearance.
FACE: The working surface of the tooth over the pitch line.
THICKNESS: The width of the tooth, taken as the chord of the pitch circle.
PITCH CIRCLE: The circle having the pitch diameter.
WORKING DEPTH: The greatest depth to which a tooth of one gear
extends into the tooth space of another gear.
RACK TEETH: Compare a rack to a spur gear that is straightened out, then
the linear pitch of the rack teeth equals the circular pitch of the mating gear.
Figure 4-38 illustrates gear nomenclature.
Figure 4-38.—Gear nomenclature.
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