Relationship Between Wear and Pitting Phenomena in Worm Gears

The article "Relationship Between Wear and Pitting Phenomena in Worm Gears" appeared in the May/June 1998 issue of Gear Technology.

Summary
Worm gears display unique behavior of surfaces because of the presence of wear phenomena in addition to contact pressure phenomena.

Keywords
wear, pitting, worm gears

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