ANNASAHEB DANGE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY, ASHTA
Name of students with roll number: -

479 Mali Omkar Gajanan

480 Bhagat Dipak Baba

481 Bramhane Ganesh Somnath

Name of guide :- Mr. S.S Chavan.

Title of project work :- Design & Development of Compound Epicyclic

Gear Train Set Up.

Lab :- Theory of Machine.

 Content
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. Proposed Layout
5. Outcomes
6. Conclusion
7. References
 Introduction:
Definition:
A compound epicyclic gear train is shown in Fig. It consists of two co-axial shafts, an annulus
gear which is fixed, the compound gear, the sun gear and the arm. The annulus gear
has internal teeth and the compound gear is carried by the arm and revolves freely on a
pin of the arm. The sun gear is co-axial with the annulus gear and the arm but
independent of them.
The annulus gear meshes with the compound gear and the sun gear meshes with the planet
gear. When the annulus gear is fixed, the sun gear provides the drive and when the sun
gear is fixed, the annulus gear provides the drive. In both cases, the arm acts as a
follower.
Construction of Compound Epicyclic Gear Train:

The above fig shows the compound epicyclic gear train in which blue is sun gear, green are
planet gear, red are compound gear & yellow is annulus gear.
 Literature Review:
Robert Williss [1857] was widely regarded as the first publication dedicated solely to
the field now called kinematics. In his work, Wil is discussed for the first time in published
literature the analytical modeling of an epicyclic gear train. As this work was a study
purely in mechanism, Wil is presented only a solution for the rotational speeds in the gear
train. After developed this solution, the author spends the remainder of the work
dedicated to epicyclic gear trains in discussing applications of the mechanism. While this
discussion was well conceived, it covers four remarkably obscure applications of the
epicyclic gear train, owing to the age of the work. As stated previously, this work
studied only the pure kinematics of the gear train, without any discussion of the torques
present in the mechanism.

Deane Lent [1961], professor of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, published his work, Analysis and Design of Mechanisms.
In this work Lent again presented in detail the methodology of Willis for finding the
rotational speeds of each branch of the epicyclic gear train, along with specific
methods for the design of three and four gear trains. While these techniques
were well written and simple to follow, there was again no discussion of torques
present in the system. Also included in this publication were several applications of
the planetary gear train, all significantly more relevant than those discussed by
Wil is.
 Methodology:

Objectives:
1.To study the fundamentals of compound epicyclic gear train.
2.To design various components of the compound epicyclic gear train.
3.To observe epicyclic motion by fixing ring gear in compound epicyclic gear
train.
4.To calculate holding torque on fixed member
The proposed work will be carried out in following phases:
Phase I: Literature review
Extensive literature survey will be carried out in order to study mechanism of compound
epicyclic gear train and its detailed design process.
Phase II: Design of compound epicyclic gear train
Various components of the compound epicyclic gear train will be designed using Design data
books, research papers and handbooks. The CAD model of the whole system will be prepared
using suitable CAD package.
Phase III: Manufacturing of compound epicyclic gear train
Detailed drawing will be prepared for manufacturing of the components of the compound
epicyclic gear train
Phase IV: Assembly compound epicyclic gear train and testing:
The proposed mechanism will be manufactured and assembled. The compound epicyclic gear
train will be tested by either fixing sun gear or ring gear.

 Proposed Layout:

The proposed layout of a compound epicyclic gear train is shown in Fig. The list of
components is as follows:
1. Sun gear
2. Planet gear
3. Ring / Annulus gear
4. Arm
5. Shafts
6. Motor
7. Levers
 Construction:
 Conclusion:

1. By doing this project we will understand the basic concepts of compound

epicyclic gear train.
2. We wil understand its construction.
3. We wil observe the epicyclic motion by fixing annulus gear.
4. By fixing annulus gear how the different velocity ratio can achieve.
5. We can calculate torque required to hold the annulus gear.
 References:
1. Mr. V. Shyamu, Mr. P Srinivas, Mr. Ch.Jeevan, Dr. AlapatiVenkateswarlu., Design
and fabrication of sun and planetary gear for epicyclic gear box by using adhesive
manufacturing, International Journal Of Advance Research In Science& Engineering,
4, Aug2015, pp. 284-295.

2. Dr. Charles F. Reinholtz, Chair Dr. Alfred L. Wicks Dr. Robert L. West, Jr., Epicyclic
Gear Train Solution Techniques with Application to Tandem Bicycling,
Faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 87, Dec 2013, pp.
01-12.

3 Roland Mathis, Yves Remond, Kinematic and dynamic simulation of epicyclic gear
trains, University Louis Pasteur, CNRS, IMFS, Boussingault, 2, 67000 Strasbourg,
France, 2009, pp412-424.

4 K Akhila and M Amarnath Reddy, Design, modeling and analysis of a 3 stage epicyclic
planetary reduction Gear unit of a flight vehicle, International Journal Of Mechanical
Engineering & Robotics Research, 3, October 2013 pp656-666.