• Being familiar with the different types of gears
• Understanding how to calculate critical dimensions of gears
• Being familiar with inspection procedures for spur, helical, bevel, miter and worm gear sets
• Being able to determine causes of failure
• Understanding safety procedures with open gear systems

• Maintenance Mechanics and Supervisors
• Field Service Technicians 
• Power Transmission Distributors
• Those who are interested in learning about different types of gearing, gearboxes

Day 1

• Gearing: defining terminology
• Design and function of a gear
• Spur gears
• Helical gears
• Bevel gears
• Hypoid gears
• Worm gears

 Day 2

• Non-circular gears
• Rolling Curves and Surfaces
• Proportions of Gear Teeth
• Involute Systems
• Cycloidal or Rolled-Curve System
• Construction of Tooth Profiles
• Spiral or Screw Gearings

Day 3

• Gear Cutting
• Milling
• Straight Hobs
• Taper Hobs
• Gear Finishing
• Pitch, Pitch circle, Pitch diameter, Circular pitch, Diametral pitch, and Outside diameter
• Root circle, Addendum, Dedendum, and Clearance
• Whole depth, Working depth, Flank of the tooth, and Face of the tooth
• Fillet, Face width, Backlash, and Pressure angle
• Top land and Bottom land

Day 4

• Crown
• Gear-tooth ratio
• Specifying gears
• Inspecting gears
• Installing gears and gearboxes
• Gear installation: shimming, alignment, and tooth contact
• Gear maintenance troubleshooting techniques

Day 5

• Factors affecting gear backlash
• Ways to measure and control backlash in gears
• Factors that influence proper lubrication of gear drives
• Various methods of lubricant application to gear drive systems
• How to properly analyze failures in gear drives
• Analysis of operating characteristics: noise, heat, vibration

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration