Input values:
Gearing ratio i
Driving worm
Input power P 1
Input speed n 1
Driven worm gear
Input power P 2
Input speed n 2
Calculated values
| a) Driving worm | Output speed: | 
| b) Driving worm gear | Output speed: n 1 = n 2 i | 
Metric units
Worm circumferential speed
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ANSI with English units
Worm circumferential speed
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Worm gear circumferential speed
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Sliding speed
| v k = v 1 / cos γ | 
Friction factor in gear
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Friction angle
| tg ρ z = μ z | 
a) Driving worm
Gear efficiency:
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Output power:
| P 2 = P 1 η | 
Metric units
Input moment:
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Tangential/circumferential force:
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ANSI with English units
Input moment:
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Tangential/circumferential force:
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Output moment:
| T 2 = T 1 i η | 
b) Driving worm gear
Gear efficiency:
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Output power:
| P 1 = P 2 η | 
Metric units
Input moment:
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Tangential/circumferential force:
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ANSI with English units
Input moment:
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Tangential/circumferential force:
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Output moment:
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Tangential/circumferential force
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Axial force
| F a1,2 = F t2,1 | 
Radial force
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Normal force
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