Polymer gears have the advantages of good self-lubrication and low production cost. Polymer gears are susceptible to pitting failure in transmission due to load
lubrication
etc. Metal-polymer gears' pairs have a longer service life than polymer-polymer gear pairs. To investigate the performance of elastohydrodynamic lubrication for metal-polymer gear pairs under lubrication condition
analysis of elastohydrodynamic lubrication is carried out for steel-polymer gear pairs under different working conditions
and the lubrication status and micro-pitting failure are determined by film thickness ratios and oil film safety factors. The results show that steel-polyoxymethylene (POM) gears' pairs can form stable lubricant film under oil lubrication
and the pressure angle
the rotational speed
the load and the viscosity can affect the lubrication state of gears. Therefore
the effects of pressure angle
rotational speed
load and lubricant viscosity need to be considered to avoid pitting failure.
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