Central plane

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Central Plane, AGMA
Central Plane, AGMA


The central plane of a wormgear is perpendicular to the gear axis and contains the common perpendicular of the gear and worm axes. In the usual case with axes at right angles, it contains the worm axis.1


[edit] Notes

1. ANSI/AGMA 1012-G05, "Gear Nomenclature, Definition of Terms with Symbols".


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