Re: Worm gear material

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 02/17/05

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    operator jay wrote:
    > "N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" <N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net@nospam.com> wrote in
    > message news:xNIQd.69767$Yu.39955@fed1read01...
    >
    >>Dear CWatters:
    >>
    >>"CWatters" <colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> wrote in message
    >>news:n7EQd.12881$vM2.917609@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
    >>
    >>>"colenum" <m.colenutt@virgin.net> wrote in message
    >>>news:1108542347.166821.35130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
    >>>
    >>>>Does anyone know the chemical composition and mechanical properties of
    >>>>Rd65 VL22 Copper alloy. Or where I could get it from. Also the
    >>>>Standard from which this material comes from would be useful.
    >>>>
    >>>>I have searched the internet and am unable to find its specification.
    >>>
    >>>Try..
    >>>http://www.anchorbronze.com/crossdata.htm
    >>>
    >>>all I could google was...
    >>>
    >>>http://www.morat.com/US/sch_rad/info.html
    >>>
    >>>"Materials - The worms are case-hardened; the bore and worm flanks are
    >>>ground. Standard worm gears are made from VL22, a copper-zinc alloy
    >
    > with
    >
    >>>aluminium, silicon and manganese additives."
    >>
    >>Copper and zinc make brass. You did a lot better than I did. I could
    >
    > find
    >
    >>no listing of anything useful on google with the information supplied.
    >>Good work!
    >>
    >>David A. Smith
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    > I thought 9 copper : 1 tin was brass. And that 1 copper : 9 tin was bronze.
    > I thought some math textbook from when I was a kid said this. Maybe 9
    > copper : 1 tin for BRONZE would be okay, judging by a few internet pages.
    > Is there some other thing which is 10% copper, 90% tin? I saw some mention
    > of pewter with this kind of ratio. To the OP's question, I didn't even know
    > that worms had gears.
    >
    > j
    >
    >

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=brass

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