What is the difference between bevel gears and other gears?

At Belon Gear, we produce various types of gears, each with its most suitable purpose. In addition to cylindrical gears, we are also famous for manufacturing bevel gears. These are special types of gears, bevel gears are gears where the axes of two shafts intersect and the tooth surfaces of the gears themselves are conical. Bevel gears are usually installed on shafts spaced 90 degrees apart, but can also be designed to work at other angles.

So why would you use a bevel gear, and what would you use it for?

The Advantages

The biggest advantage of using bevel gears is their mechanical advantage; You can increase or decrease the gear ratio to correspondingly increase or decrease the force. Bevel gears benefit from their vertical layout, which can change your operating angle, so they also have some functions that similar products cannot achieve.

How They’re Used

So how are bevel gears used in different applications?

Your home may have at least one item whose main operation relies on bevel gears. For example, bevel gears are commonly used for differential transmissions, which you may find in cars. You will also find bevel gears in electric drills because they are one of the most effective ways to convert power from vertical rotation to horizontal rotation.

However, there are many different types of tapered wheels to consider. A straight bevel gear has straight conical teeth and a shaft that is perpendicular and located in the same plane. Spiral bevel gears have curved teeth at a certain angle, very similar to helical gears, to allow for gradual contact. There are also zero degree bevel gears (with a helix angle equal to zero), hypoid bevel gears (with hyperbolic pitches and non intersecting gear axes), and equal diameter bevel gears (gears with the same number of teeth)