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Typical Gear Tooth Failure Modes

CLASS

General mode

Specific mode or degree

Not preferred

Wear

Adhesion



Abrasion

Polishing
Corrosion
Fretting corrosion
Scaling
Cavitation
Erosion
Electrical Discharge
Rippling
Mild
Moderate
Severe (see scuffing)

Mild, Moderate, Severe

Mild, Moderate, Severe
Running-in-wear

Scoring
Scratching
Cutting
Burnishing
Scuffing Scuffing Mild, Moderate, Severe Scoring
Cold scuffing
Hot scuffing
Welding
Galling
Seizing
Plastic deformation Plastic deformation Indentation



Cold flow
Hot flow
Rolling
Tooth hammer
Rippling
Ridging
Burr
Root fillet yielding
Tip-to-root-interference
Bruising
Peening
Denting
Brinelling
Permanent deformation
Overheating


Fish scaling



Contact fatigue Pitting (Macropitting)



Micropitting


Subcase fatigue
Initial
Progressive
Flake
Spall

Destructive
Arrow head

Frosting
Gray Staining
Peeling
Case crushing

Cracking Hardening cracks
Grinding cracks
Rim and web cracks
Case/core separation
Fatigue cracks


Quenching cracks


Internal rupture

Fracture Brittle fracture
Ductile fracture
Mixed mode fracture
Tooth shear
Fracture after plastic deformation

Fast fracture
Smearing
Semi-brittle
Bending fatigue Low-cycle fatigue
High-cycle fatigue

Root fillet cracks
Profile cracks
Tooth end cracks

Extracted from ANSI/AGMA 1010-E95, Appearance of Gear Teeth -- Terminology of Wear and Failure, with the permission of the publisher, the American Gear Manufacturers Association, 1500 King Street, Suite 201, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 .


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