Question

Tapered involute gears which can couple intersecting shafts, skew shafts, and parallel shafts are known as

(a) bevel gears

(b) beveloid gears

(c) mitre gears

(d) none of the mentioned

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The query is from Types of Gears in chapter Toothed Gearing & Gear Trains of Machine Kinematics

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) beveloid gears

Explanation: Tapered involute gears which can couple intersecting shafts, skew shafts, and parallel shafts are known as beveloid gears.

The gears used for parallel shaft arrangement are spur gears on helical gears.