EVOLUTES AND INVOLUTES

EVOLUTE

The evolute of a curve is the locus of all its centers of

curvature. That is to say that when the center of curvature of
each point on a curve is drawn, the resultant shape will be the
evolute of that curve. The evolute of a circle is therefore a
single point at its center.
 INVOLUTE

The locus of a point considered as the end of a taut string

being unwound from a given curve in the plane of that curve.
 APPLICATION OF
INVOLUTE IN GEAR
TEETH
 PROFILE OF GEAR TEETH
Two gear-blanks A and B are
centered about O1 and
O2respectively. Let us imagine
that a cord ‘xy’ is attached to both
the base circles of these gears.
When the base circles are rotated
in different directions keeping the
cord always under tension, a point
on the cord will trace out two
involute profiles, ‘cd’ on the base
circle of gear ‘A’ and ‘ef’ on the
base circle of gear ‘B’. The
involutes are thus generated
simultaneously by tracing the
points.
 CONSTRUCTION OF INVOLUTE GEAR TOOTH
The procedure to construct a gear tooth
having an involute profile is given.
Construct a sector of base circle of the
gear (centered at ‘O’) . Divide the sector
of the base circle into a number of equal
parts separated by very small angle (θ).
Construct radial lines OA4, OA3,
OA2 etc as shown in figure.
Construct tangents to the circle A4B4,
A3B3, A2B2, A1B1 and from A4, A3, A2 and
A1 respectively. Then along the line
A1B1, mark the arc-distance A1A0 from
A1; along the line A2B2, mark the twice
the arc-distance A1A0 from A2 and so on;
to get the points B1’, B2’, B3’ and B4’ etc.

The curve joining these points starting from A0, would be an involute curve
A0B1’B2’B3’B4’. In a gear, the involute profile of the tooth starts from the base circle
and continues up to the addendum circle with continuously increasing radius. In
the procedure described above, the points A0,B1’, B2’, B3’, B4’ are discrete; whereas
in actual gear teeth profiling, the θ is infinitesimal that continues points can be
generated to get a perfect involute profile for the gear teeth.
PROFILE OF SCROLL SET IN SCROLL COMPRESSORS

The scroll is the fundamental compressing element in a scroll compressor.

Conceptually, it is a freestanding strip of metal machined into the form of an
involute spiral, and bound on one edge by a solid flat base. A scroll set uses
two scrolls with identical geometry. One scroll is inverted, rotated 180
degrees, and inserted into the gaps of the second scroll
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