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1. What is the difference between a spur gear and a helical gear?
It increases the angular speed of the rotor shaft to an appropriate value for the generator
In a spur gear - the teeth are parallel to the gear shaft. In helical gears - they are at an angle (this shows clearly when one looks at a gear at a direction perpendicular to the shaft direction).
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
Epicyclic gear.

2. What is the other name for a planetary gear?
It increases the angular speed of the rotor shaft to an appropriate value for the generator
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
Normally gearboxes reduce speed (and sometimes are called speed reducers). In a wind turbine - they increase the speed
Epicyclic gear.

3. In a gearbox of a wind turbine - which is larger: the torque on the rotor shaft or the torque on the generator shaft?
The torque on the rotor shaft is larger (because its speed is less)
In a spur gear - the teeth are parallel to the gear shaft. In helical gears - they are at an angle (this shows clearly when one looks at a gear at a direction perpendicular to the shaft direction).
Three.
Epicyclic gear.

4. What is the main difference between the gearbox in a wind turbine and one in any other machine?
No
Normally gearboxes reduce speed (and sometimes are called speed reducers). In a wind turbine - they increase the speed
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
The torque on the rotor shaft is larger (because its speed is less)

5. Do all the gears have the same gear geometry?
The torque on the rotor shaft is larger (because its speed is less)
No
The gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth between two mating gears; it is usually the output to the input ratio - for example - 1 to 5 - meaning that the output gear has 5 times more teeth than the input gear.
Normally gearboxes reduce speed (and sometimes are called speed reducers). In a wind turbine - they increase the speed

6. What is the main role of a gearbox in a wind turbine?
It has more than one input and one output. Its size for the same power is smaller than the other gears. The input and output shafts are aligned.
It increases the angular speed of the rotor shaft to an appropriate value for the generator
Epicyclic gear.
The gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth between two mating gears; it is usually the output to the input ratio - for example - 1 to 5 - meaning that the output gear has 5 times more teeth than the input gear.

7. What is the gear ratio?
It increases the angular speed of the rotor shaft to an appropriate value for the generator
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
The gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth between two mating gears; it is usually the output to the input ratio - for example - 1 to 5 - meaning that the output gear has 5 times more teeth than the input gear.
No

8. What is the advantage of a planetary gear?
No
Epicyclic gear.
The gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth between two mating gears; it is usually the output to the input ratio - for example - 1 to 5 - meaning that the output gear has 5 times more teeth than the input gear.
It has more than one input and one output. Its size for the same power is smaller than the other gears. The input and output shafts are aligned.

9. How many planets are usually in a planetary gear?
It increases the angular speed of the rotor shaft to an appropriate value for the generator
Normally gearboxes reduce speed (and sometimes are called speed reducers). In a wind turbine - they increase the speed
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
Three.

10. Can a worm gear be used in a wind turbine?
It has more than one input and one output. Its size for the same power is smaller than the other gears. The input and output shafts are aligned.
No; worm gears only reduce the angular speed.
The torque on the rotor shaft is larger (because its speed is less)
The gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth between two mating gears; it is usually the output to the input ratio - for example - 1 to 5 - meaning that the output gear has 5 times more teeth than the input gear.

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