Advanced Module Functionality

Advanced design & basic analysis:

• Cylindrical gear scuffing analysis to AGMA 925-A03,  ISO/TR 13989 and DIN 3990
• Cylindrical gear root stress analysis
• Spiral bevel gear design & rating to Gleason or AGMA 2005 – C96 (Design) / 2003 – B97 (Rating)
• Zerol bevel gear design to Gleason & rating to Gleason or AGMA 2003 – B97
• Straight bevel gear design & rating
• Hypoid gear design and rating
• Worm gear design based on GB10085, GB10087 & GB10088
• Klingelnberg gear design and rating
• Hypoid to KN 3029 (Design) & KN 3030 (Rating)
• Spiral bevel to KN 3028 (Design) & KN 3030 (Rating)
• Planetary gear design
• Include belts & chains, torque converters and CVT couplings in designs
• Interference fit design & sizing to DIN 7190
• Spline design & rating – design to DIN 5480, GB/T 3478, ISO 4156, JIS B1603 & SAE(ANSI B92.1) & rating to GB/T 17855 or SAE Design Guide
• Design including bevel & planetary gears
• Micro Geometry Optimisation

Advanced analysis features:

• Micro gear geometry modification & analysis using simple strip model or FE/Hertzian-based loaded tooth contact analysis
• Loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA)
• Cylindrical, spiral bevel & hypoid gears
• Planetary gears
• Parametric study tool
• Transmission efficiency analysis – calculate power loss in bearings, gears and seals to ISO/TR 14179-1
• Advanced bearing analysis
• Advanced system deflection
• NVH analysis & simulation (including using housing and shaft FE where available)
• Import FE into MASTA

Integration with FE:

• Import FE models for housing and shafts
  • Analyse influence of housing on gear and bearing misalignments
  • Perform asymmetrical shaft deflection and stress analyses
• Supports import from ANSYS, Nastran & Abaqus

Gear cutting and manufacturing process simulation:

• Cylindrical gear hobbing, shaping, shaving & grinding simulation
• Optimisation of cylindrical gear shaping or hobbing cutter profile and tip for maximum gear bending strength
• Cylindrical gear hobbing, shaping & shaving process simulation, taking gear blank errors, machine accuracy, cutter tolerances, machine feeds and speeds into account
  • Predict the profile, lead and pitch errors of the gears to be produced
  • Present in both chart and classification of the ISO 1328 & AGMA 2015 quality
• Spiral bevel & hypoid gear manufacturing
  • Machine setting and cutter optimisation
  • Gear tooth flank simulation & optimisation