Tooth modification and dynamic performance of the cycloidal drive

A new method of cycloid disc tooth modification is presented in this paper. Its main idea is to design the modification clearance curves to adapt to different modification targets. A detailed procedure of the new modification clearance curve, which can be defined by adjusting the position of 5 key points is developed. Numerical experiments are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the new method. A Multi-DOF nonlinear dynamic model of cycloidal speed reducer is established, then the cycloid disc rotational displacement and rotational velocity versus time of different modification clearance are solved by the Runge-kutta numerical method. The results show that this method can improve the carrying capability of cycloidal drive, eliminate noise and vibration and develop the transmission accuracy.