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Gerotor Design & Modeling Guide

This document discusses different methods for modeling gerotor profiles in NX3 software. It begins by listing the key design parameters for a gerotor gear set. It then describes modeling the outer rotor profile using circular arcs. For the inner rotor profile, it discusses using spline control points from a text file or generator program, as well as defining expressions directly in NX3 based on mathematical equations. It notes advantages of the expression method include parameterized geometry. Issues that can arise with control point precision or spline fitting are also highlighted.

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Gerotor Design & Modeling Guide

This document discusses different methods for modeling gerotor profiles in NX3 software. It begins by listing the key design parameters for a gerotor gear set. It then describes modeling the outer rotor profile using circular arcs. For the inner rotor profile, it discusses using spline control points from a text file or generator program, as well as defining expressions directly in NX3 based on mathematical equations. It notes advantages of the expression method include parameterized geometry. Issues that can arise with control point precision or spline fitting are also highlighted.

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Gerotor Modeling with NX3.

Inner
Rotor
Major
Diameter (DIMAJ):

1. Gerotor design parameters.


Following is the list of design
parameters of a gerotor gear set. Despite
the simplicity of relations between these
parameters, this quick reference might
be useful for the casual gerotor designer
since the parameters (and their names)
provided are rather site specific and
s/he might be left wondering what the
printout from some proprietary software
means.

DIMAJ=DOMAJ-2.0*E

Inner
Rotor
Number (ZI):

Lobe

ZI=ZO-1

Outer
Rotor
Minor
Diameter (DOMIN):

Outer Rotor Major


Diameter (DOMAJ):

DOMIN=DOMAJ-4.0*E

Outer
Rotor
Diameter (DL):

Lobe

Outer
Rotor
Number (ZO):

Lobe

Outer Rotor Lobe Centers


Diameter (DLC):
DLC=DOMAJ+DL-4.0*E

2. Outer Rotor Profile Modeling.


The outer rotor profile is made of
circular arcs only. There are a few
different approaches to
the design of the outer
rotor lobe root, besides a
simple edge blend, so
local design guidelines
should be consulted.

Eccentricity (E):

Inner Rotor Minor


Diameter (DIMIN):
DIMIN=DOMAJ-6.0*E

And smooth section geometry,


naturally, creates smooth lobe surfaces:

3. Inner Rotor Profile Modeling


with Spline Control Points.
There may be a text file available with
inner rotor profile spline control points.
This can also be generated using
GRPC061220:

(Note the value of minimum curvature


radius).
For this example we used control
points generated by gerotor pump
calculator GRPC061220. The maximum
number of meaningful digits for a
mantissa format in NX3 is 15.
GRPC061220s output provides at least
16 digits. Less precise control point
coordinates are likely to create profile
similar to the one shown below:

Use these points to build a spline


approximating inner rotor profile:

Use curve analysis to detect any


abnormalities:

(Note the entirely meaningless


minimum curvature radius).
Believe it or not, it is considered
acceptable in automotive industry at
least.

4. Inner Rotor Profile Modeling


with NX3 Expressions.
The inner rotor profile is defined by
the following equations:
x(t)=E*cos(ZO*t)+r*cos(t)s*(ZO*E*cos(ZO*t)+r*cos(t))/g
y(t)=E*sin(ZO*t)+r*sin(t)s*(ZO*E*sin(ZO*t)+r*sin(t))/g
where:
r=0.5*DLC
s=0.5*DL
g=sqrt(a+b*cos(ZI*t))
a=ZO^2*E^2+r^2
b=2.0*ZO*E*r
0.0<=t<2.0*pi
Create expressions to represent the
above equations:

Applying curve analysis, we see that


the obtained spline cannot be used to
generate a useful profile:

Create a law curve:

The easy fix for that is to set the


distance tolerance to its minimum
value (0.00001):

The (obvious) advantage to modeling


gerotor profiles with expressions is
parameterized section geometry.

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