page_title: List of gear nomenclature
section_title: Face gear
hierarchical_section_title: List of gear nomenclature / Face gear
caption_attribution_description: English: Face worm gear illustration from U.S. Patent 6,128,969 (2000), cropped, edited, annotated.
context_page_description: This page lists the standard US nomenclature used in the description of mechanical gear construction and function, together with definitions of the terms. The terminology was established by the American Gear Manufacturers Association, under accreditation from the American National Standards Institute.
context_section_description: A face gear set typically consists of a disk-shaped gear, grooved on at least one face, in combination with a spur, helical, or conical pinion. A face gear has a planar pitch surface and a planar root surface, both of which are perpendicular to the axis of rotation. It can also be referred to as a face wheel, crown gear, crown wheel, contrate gear or contrate wheel.
caption: Face worm gear
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