Are splines involute?

Are splines involute?

Involute splines are the predominant form of splines because they are stronger than straight sided splines and are easier to cut and the fit. Involute splines have teeth similar to gear teeth except spline teeth are much shorter, and they do not roll.

How are splines designed?

The current practice for designing splines to carry a torque is to use involute splines with no helix angle or taper on the external tooth. The size of the spline, the number of teeth and the engaged length of splines are chosen to satisfy size and performance constraints.

What does Reticulating splines mean?

Reticulating splines is the process of combining a series of splines into a network. I believe the phrase was first popularized by SimCity.

What is module in splines?

“Module” is the unit of size that indicates how big or small a gear is. It is the ratio of the reference diameter of the gear divided by the number of teeth. Thus: (Module = Reference diameter.