Optimal design of wave generator profile for harmonic gear drive using support function

X Li, C Song, Y Yang, C Zhu, D Liao - Mechanism and machine theory, 2020 - Elsevier
The wave generator profile for harmonic drive was designed using a closed convex curve
generated by the support function. An optimization model of the wave generator profile was …

Failure analysis of a flexspline of harmonic gear drive in STC industrial robot: Microstructure and stress distribution

J Zheng, W Yang - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The failure process and failure mechanism of the flexspline in harmonic reducer system after
500h operation were analyzed. The microstructure, element composition and mechanical …

Effect of cam insertion on stresses in harmonic drive in industrial robotic joints

BS Mahanto, V Sahoo, R Maiti - Procedia computer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Stress and strain analysis on flex gear cup of strain wave gearing or harmonic drive due to
insertion of conventional cam SWG and split cam SWG is studied without assembling the …

Double-circular-arc tooth profile design and parametric analysis on the comprehensive performance of the harmonic drive

T Tang, J Li, J Wang, K Xiao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A tooth profile is of significant importance to the performance of a harmonic drive. Available
studies about designing a tooth profile only consider the influence of the tooth profile on the …

Analysis of bifurcation and chaotic behavior for the flexspline of an electromagnetic harmonic drive system with movable teeth transmission

J Xing, Z Yang, Y Ren - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
To develop the miniaturization of the electromagnetic harmonic movable tooth drive system,
a novel configuration with an inner stator is proposed to create a great compressed …

Analysis of coning and lubrication at flexspline cup and cam interface in conventional harmonic drives

B Routh, R Maiti, AK Ray - Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose In a harmonic drive during assembly of its components like strain wave generating
(SWG) cam, flexspline (FS) and circular spline, a gap is formed between the cam's outer …

An investigation on secondary force contacts of tooth pairs in conventional harmonic drives with involute toothed gear set

B Routh, R Maiti, AK Ray… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Originally fixed and uniform circular pitches of flex spline (FS) teeth of a 'Strain Wave
Gearing'or 'Harmonic Drive'(HD) experience variations in pitch lengths when teeth move on …

A novel harmonic movable tooth drive with almost surface contact conjugate tooth profiles: Parametric design, modification and analysis

G Zhou, Y Yang, R Xie, L Chang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper focuses on a novel harmonic movable tooth drive as an alternative of currently
used harmonic gear drives. Different from the harmonic gear drives, the novel drive removes …

Stresses in flex gear of a novel harmonic drive with and without pay load

V Sahoo, BS Mahanto, R Maiti - Australian Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Contrary to the harmonic drive with conventional oval-shaped cam, the novel harmonic drive
consists of cam with circular arc at contact zones and involute toothed flex gear and circular …

A novel harmonic drive with the full conjugate tooth profile

R Xie, Y Yang, G Zhou, B Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents an approach for designing a novel tooth profile of harmonic drives,
which is composed of two pieces of curves, hypocycloid and epicycloid, generated by the …