The study on Reliability Design of Knotter Cam Gear of D-knotter

Abstract The outer gear of knotter cam gear of D-knotter and pinion of knotter hook to achieve coordination and cooperation is important guarantee for the movement of “winding rope - biting rope”. This paper analyzes the damage mechanism of the outer gear of knotter cam gear. By application the probability theory for equal effect accuracy synthesis, the outer gear of knotter cam gear and pinion of knotter hook selected from 8 grade precision, and modification of teeth top along the normal direction of the measurement of 50.04 μm for pinion of knotter hook, can control the additional impact dynamic load less than 0.085 times of the calculated load. Two methods of traditional fatigue strength calculation and finite element analysis are used to check the strength of the incomplete outer teeth. And the results obtained by the finite element simulation described in this paper are closer to the real value. This study is of practical value in improving the reliability of the knotter cam gear and promoting the localization of D-knotter.