A Study of 2D Profile for a Cycloidal Ring Used in a Cycloidal Reducer

Abstract This paper intends to introduce a new approach in cycloidal reducers design. The usual design uses rotary pins as teeth on the ring gear (or stator as well) and an appropriate conjugate profile on the cycloidal disc (or rotor as well). This study proposes a new approach: to use rotary cylindrical pins as teeth on the rotor and an appropriate conjugate profile on the ring gear (or cycloidal ring) according with the rules of gearing. The main achievements of this paper focus on the synthesis of 2D internal profile of the cycloidal ring in transverse section. Some theoretical achievements and computer aided simulation results are briefly presented in this paper. This 2D profile is useful mainly for cycloidal reducer computer aided simulation and optimization but also for manufacturing purposes (by contour milling on CNC machines).