What are the causes of tooth surface wear of worm gear in WPWK80-40 reducer? 2025-12-01
The core causes of worm gear tooth surface wear of WPWK80-40 reducer (the worm gear is mostly made of copper alloy and the worm is alloy steel) can be summarized into 10 categories, covering key dimensions such as lubrication, load, installation, and material. The details are as follows: 1. Improper lubrication: Not using special extreme pressure oil for worm gears (select ordinary gear oil), oil level is too low/ Too high, the oil has deteriorated (containing impurities and moisture) or the oil has not been changed for a long time, resulting in the failure of the lubricating film on the tooth surface and dry friction/semi-dry friction and wear. 2. Overload operation: Long-term over-rated load (WPWK80-40 rated torque is about 250N·m), frequent starts and stops, and impact loads (such as hard starts with load, emergency stops), make the tooth surface contact stress exceed the design limit, aggravating wear. 3. Installation deviation: The verticality of the worm and worm gear axis is out of tolerance (standard ≤ 0.02mm), and the meshing gap is too large/too small (normally 0.15-0.3mm), resulting in deviation.
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