Abstract
In our study, a design system is developed for generating gear trains under design constraints on a specified area. The design specifications are input position, output position, input torque, output torque, rotation direction, and so on. Spur gear trains are generated by using random method combined with local optimization method. The objective function evaluates weight, efficiency and life of generated gear train. For several examples, optimal gear trains are generated successfully. Multi-objective design optimizations in spur gear train generation problems are examined by the gear train generation system. The advantage of the optimization approach to generating effective gear trains is reported through several examples.
