Bevel gear parameters
Hey yall,
I was hoping to find a good resource to learn how to go about designing bevel gears properly for a 90* shift in angle of rotation on a personal project. I have a design I am working on in which I want to be able to rotate 4 vertical cylinders lined up in a row through the turning of a hand dial on the side of the apparatus.
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kinda like that for a quick visual
Is the idea basically the same as a regular gear just with a 45 degree tilt to the teeth for meshing cleanly?
And second part of the question has to do with the intended design; how shouldI then design the subsequent gears to keep the new angle of rotation along the line of gears spinning the cylinders rather than flip the angle of rotation again? Just flip the gear “upside down” to each other? Or would it just be easier to design it with a set of bevel gears to essentially go back and forth switching between the two angles of rotation?
Thank you in advance