WILSON GEAR BOX

CONSTRUCTION :
 ONE METHOD OF GETTING A MULTI-RATIO EPICYCLIC
GEAR BOX = BY “COMPOUNDING” A NO. OF SIMPLE
EPI-CYCLIC TRAINS

 THE SUN “S1” IS SECURED TO THE INPUT SHAFT “D”,

COUPLED PERMANETLY TO THE ENGINE

 ITS ARM “R1” IS SECURED TO THE OUTPUT SHAFT

“E” ie., COUPLED TO THE DRIVING ROAD WHEELS
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF WILSON GEAR BOX :

 VARIOUSGEAR RATIOS ARE OBTAINED, BY DRIVING THE

ANNULUS “A1”

AT DIFFERENT REDUCTION RATIO SPEEDS IN RELATION TO

THE ENGINE SPEED
1ST GEAR= A1 = 0 rpm

 SUPPOSE THE ENGINE SPEED = 1000 rpm (say constant)

THEN IF THE ANNULUS “A1” IS HELD AT REST [SPEED = 0]

THE SPEED OF THE ARM “R1” = 1000 × S1/(A1 + S1)

 A1 = NO OF TEETH IN A1
 S1 = NO OF TEETH IN S1
 eg : A1= 100 TEETH
S1= 25 TEETH
 THEN THE SPEED OF “R1” = 1000 × 25/(1000+25)
= 200rpm
 AND THE GEAR RATIO = 1000 : 200 = 5:1
2ND GEAR = A1 IS MADE TO RUN AT 100rpm :

 SUPPOSE NOW THAT, THE ANNULUS, INSTEAD OF

BEING HELD AT REST

 IS DRIVEN IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE ENGINE AT

SAY 100rpm

 ENGINE SPEED = 1000rpm

 THEN THE SPEED OF THE ARM “R1”= 280rpm INSTEAD

OF 200 rpm
3RD GEAR = “A1” IS MADE TO RUN AT 200rpm :-

 SIMILARLY IF THE SPEED OF THE ANNULUS “A1” = 200rpm

THEN THE SPEED OF THE ARM “R1” = 360rpm

REVERSE GEAR = “A1” IS MADE TO RUN IN OPP0SITE DIRECTION :

 IFTHE ANNULUS “A1” IS DRIVEN IN THE OPPOSITE

DIRECTION TO THE ENGINE

THEN THE ARM “R1” WOULD ROTATE SLOWER THAN,

WHEN THE ANNULUS WAS FIXED
 THUS, IF THE SPEED OF THE ANNULUS “A1” =
400rpm BACKWARDS

THEN, SPEED OF THE ARM “R1”=minus 120rpm

Engine Speed = 1000rpm
THEN THE SPEED OF THE ARM “R1” = 120rpm
BACKWARDS

THUS GIVES A REVERSE GEAR

CONCLUSION :-

THUS, BY DRIVING THE ANNULUS “A1” AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS [IN

RELATION TO THE ENGINE SPEED]

SAY

 1ST GEAR = “0” BY APPLING BRAKE B1

2ND GEAR = 100 BY APPLING BRAKE B2
3RD GEAR = 200 BY APPLING BRAKE B3
REVERSE GEAR = minus 400 BY APPLING BRKE B4

THE DRIVEN SHAFT “E” ROTATES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, GIVING

RISE TO DIFFERENT GEAR RATIOS
 AUXILARY EPI-CYCLIC GEAR TRAINS
MAIN TRAIN FIRST SECOND THIRD
AUXILARY AUXILARY AUXILARY
TRAIN WITH TRAIN WITH TRAIN WITH
S1, R1 & A1 S2, R2 & A2 S3, R3 & A3 S4, R4 & A4

FOR 1ST GEAR FOR 2ND FOR 3RD FOR REVERSE

GEAR GEAR GEAR
 AUXILARY EPI-CYCLIC GEAR TRAINS

 MAIN TRAIN = S1, R1 & A1

 TO ENABLE THE ANNULUS A1 OF THE MAIN (2ND & 3RD

SPEED) TRAIN,
TO BE DRIVEN AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS

 APPLY B1 BRAKE, THEN RPM OF A1 = 0

 APPLY B2 BRAKE, THEN RPM OF A1 = 100
 APPLY B3 BRAKE, THEN RPM OF A1 = 200
 APPLY B4 BRAKE, THEN RPM OF A1 = - 400

FIRST AUXILARY EPICYCLIC GEAR TARIN, CONSISTING OF

THE SUN(S2), THE ANNULUS (A2), AND THE ARM CARRIER
(R2) IS USED
1ST GEAR :-
 FORAPPLYING THE FIRST GEAR, THE EPI-CYCLIC GEAR
TRAIN [MAIN TRAIN] HAVING S1, A1 & R1 IS USED
DEDUCE THE 1ST GEAR RATIO :-
 APPLYING THE BRAKE b AND B1

 A1 = FIXED MEMBER
 S1 = DRIVING MEMBER
 R1 = DRIVEN MEMBER
 BY THE TABULATION METHOD
SNO CONDITION SPEEDS OF DIFFERENT
MEMBERS

ANNULUS SUN CARRIER

A1 S1 R1

1 ARM CARRIER R1 IS LOCKED AND -1 +A1/S1 0

ANNULUS A1 IS GIVEN -1
REVOLUTION

2 ADD +1 REVOLUTION TO ALL +1 +1 +1

3 TOTAL B1 IS O 1+A1/S1 1
BARKED
1ST GEAR RATIO = DRIVING SPEED/DRIVEN SPEED

= [1+(A1/S1)]/1

= S1+A1/S1
 FIRST AUXILARY TRAIN = S2,R2 & A2
 FOR OBTAINING THE SECOND GEAR S2,A2&R2 ARE UTILIZED

IN THE FIRST AUXILARY TRAIN, THE SUN S2 IS FIXED TO THE

ENGINE SHAFT “D”

THE ANNULUS “A2” CAN BE HELD AT REST BY A BARKE “B2”

AND THE ARM “R2” IS COUPLED TO THE ANNULUS A1

DEDUCE THE 2ND GEAR RATIO :-

 IF
THE ANNULUS A2 IS HELD AT THE REST & THE ENGINE DRIVES
THE SUN S1 & S2
THEN , CONSIDERING THE FIRST AUXILARY TRAIN S2,A2 & R2

IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT R2 WILL ROTATE IN THE SAME

DIRECTION AS THE ENGINE BUT AT LOWER SPEED
BUT R2 IS SECURED TO A1
AND SO A1 IS ROTATED [+100rpm] IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF
THE ENGINE[+1000rpm]
AND R1 WILL ROTATE AT HIGHER SPEED, THAN IT DID, ON THE
1ST GEAR[WHEN A1 WAS FIXED]

THUS FOR 2ND GEAR, RELEASE B1 & APPLY B2

 HOW TO GET 2ND GEAR RATIO:

 INSTEAD OF FIXING A1

A1 IS ALLOWED TO ROTATED SLOWLY[+100rpm] IN CLOCK WISE

IN DIRECTION OF ENGINE

ROTATION AND AN INCREASED OUTPUT SPEED IS OBTAINED

THIS COMBINED ARRANGEMENT IS CALLED “COMPOUND

PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEM”

APPLYING BRAKE b AND B2

DRIVING MEMBERS S1&S2
DRIVEN MEMBER R1
FIXED MEMBER A2
 BY THE TABULATION METHOD
SNO CONDITION
SPEEDS OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS

ANNULUS SUN CARRIER

A2 S2 R2

1 ARM CARRIER R2 IS LOCKED AND -1 +A2/S2 0

ANNULUS A2 IS GIVEN -1
REVOLUTION

2 ADD +1 REVOLUTION TO ALL +1 +1 +1

3 TOTAL B2 IS 0 1+A2/S2 1
BARKED

 SPEEDOF R2 = SPEED OF A1
 SPEED OF S2 = SPEED OF S1
 HOW TO DEDUCE 2ND GEAR RATIO :

 CONSIDER THE MAIN TRAIN S1, R1 & A1

 LET Y BE THE SPEED OF THE DRIVEN MEMBERS R1
SNO CONDITION
SPEEDS OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS

ANNULUS SUN CARRIER

A1 S1 R1

1 ARM CARRIER R1 IS LOCKED AND 1-y -(1-y)A1/S1 0

ANNULUS A1 IS GIVEN (1-y)
REVOLUTION
2 ADD Y REVOLUTION TO ALL Y +1 y

3 TOTAL 1 y-(1-y)A1/S1 y
SINCE THE SPEED OF S2 = SPEED OF S1
EQUATING S1 & S2, y CAN BE FOUND OUT

 y-(1-y) A1/S1 = 1+ A2/S2

 y= [S1 S2 + A2 S1 + A1 S2]/[S2(S1+A1)]

 2ND GEAR RATIO = DRIVING SPEED/DRIVEN SPEED

= SPEED OF S2/y

= [S2 + A2]/S2 [ S2(S1+A1)]/[S1 S2+A2 S1 + A1 S2]

2ND GEAR RATIO = (S1+A1)(S2 + A2)/[S1 S2 + A2 S1 + A1 S2]