Wuest type herringbone gear

Comparison between a standard and Wuest herringbone gear

A Wuest type herringbone gear, invented by Swiss engineer Caspar Wüst-Kunz in the early 20th century, is a type of herringbone gear wherein "the teeth on opposite sides of the center line are staggered by an amount equal to one half the circular pitch".^[1] This staggering of the two rows of teeth causes the gear to wear more evenly, at the slight cost of strength.^[2]

References

^ Daniels, Fred R. (September 1921). "Producing Large Herringbone Gears by the End-Milling Process at the Woodward Machine Co's Plant in Wooster, Ohio". Machinery. 28: 1. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ Kent, William (1912). Industrial Engineering and the Engineering Digest. Industrial Engineering Publishing Company.

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[1] Daniels, Fred R. (September 1921). "Producing Large Herringbone Gears by the End-Milling Process at the Woodward Machine Co's Plant in Wooster, Ohio". Machinery. 28: 1. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[2] Kent, William (1912). Industrial Engineering and the Engineering Digest. Industrial Engineering Publishing Company.

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