Powder metallurgy (PM) is usually used in manufacturing parts with complex geometries, such as gears and structural parts. The main attractions of PM are the high rate of material utilization, environmental friendliness of production, economic advantages (especially for complex geometries), and possibility of obtaining lighter components. To find a wide range of applications and compete with regular steel gears, PM gear transmissions should have good transmission efficiency and wear properties. Furthermore, they should have low contact noise and adequate surface fatigue properties. Because of the porosity structure of PM gears both on gear flanks and in the body, the friction and wear properties of PM gear flank contacts differ somewhat from those of regular steel gears.    This doctoral thesis examines the efficiency and wear properties of PM gears. Paper A compares the wear, friction, and damage mechanism properties of two sintered gear materials with those of a standard gear material. Paper B deals with the gear mesh torque loss mechanism of PM and regular steel gears by combining both pin-on-disc frictional and FZG efficiency tests. Paper C comparatively examines the efficiency of PM and regular steel gears by conducting FZG gear efficiency tests. Paper D focuses on the wear and friction properties of PM and regular steel gear materials treated using the triboconditioning process. Paper E studies the friction and wear properties attributable to different pore sizes in PM gear materials.    The results indicate that regular steel meshed with PM gear material and PM meshed with PM gear material are good candidate combinations for gear transmissions. This is because the porosities of PM material can lower the friction coefficient while the wear rate can be the same as or even better than that of regular steel contacts. The triboconditioning process enhances the wear resistance and reduces the friction coefficient of the PM gear material. The friction and wear coefficients of PM meshed with PM gear material display increasing trends with increasing pore size. The friction and wear coefficients of regular steel meshed with PM gear material display decreasing trends with increasing pore size. / <p>QC 20160523</p>

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a description of how the first magnetically geared axial flux permanent magnet generator (MGAFG) is designed, constructed and experimentally evaluated. Magnetic gears (MGs) allow for contact-less power transfer and lubricant free operation, which may solve the reliability concerns with current mechanically geared wind energy converters. However, the complex structure of MGs may present serious challenges to its design. Thus, special care should be given to the mechanical layout and the electromagnetic influence of every component. The MGAFG can be configured to be magnetically coupled or decoupled. In the coupled configuration the permanent magnets (PMs) of the MG contribute to the total flux linkage in the PM generator (PMG). The coupled configuration is therefore more efficient. The processing time required to optimise the decoupled configuration is however much faster, since the MG and the PMG can be optimised separately. The optimised results show that a torque density in excess of 100kNm/m3 could be achieved, which is significantly higher than any of known electrical machines. However, owing to excessive losses in the mechanical support structures, the prototype exhibited lower torque density and poor efficiency. The design related aspects and issues are analysed and discussed in detail in an attempt to outline problem areas in the design process. Relevant recommendations are also given for future design improvements. The costs of magnetic material accounts for over fifty percent of the total cost of the prototype. Therefore to make the manufacturing of the MGAFG more economically viable magnetic material should be minimised in the design process. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word die eerste magnetiese geratte aksiale vloed permanente magneet generator (MGAVG) ontwerp, vervaardig en eksperimenteel geëvalueer. In magnetiese ratte (MR) is daar geen kontak tussen werkende dele nie, daarom word geen smeermiddels benodig nie. Dit dra by tot die betroubaarheid van die ratkaste in wind energie generators en kan onderhoud grotendeels uitskakel. Die komplekse struktuur van magnetiese ratte kan egter die betroubaarheid van die ontwerp juis verswak. Daarom moet die meganiese uitleg noukeurig beplan word sodat dit nie die elektromagnetiese werking ondermyn nie. Die magnetiese rat (MR) en die permanente magneet generator (PMG) van die masjien kan magneties of sonder magnetiese koppeling verbind word. In die gekoppelde konfigurasie dra all die permanente magnete van die MR gesamentlik by tot die totale vloed-koppeling in die PMG. Wat die magnetiese gekoppelde konfigurasie meer doeltrefend maak. Minder tyd word benodig om die nie magnetiese gekoppelde konfigurasie te optimaliseer omdat die MR en die PMG apart geoptimaliseer kan word. Die optimale resultate toon dat ’n wringkrag van meer as 100kNm/3 bereik kan word, wat aansienlik beter is as die van bekende elektriese masjiene. Maar as gevolg van oormatige verliese in die meganiese strukture, toon die prototipe lae wringkrag digtheid en swak doeltreffendheid. Die ontwerp probleme word ontleed en bespreek in ’n poging om probleem areas in die ontwerp te identifiseer. Relevante aanbevelings word gegee vir toekomstige ontwerp verbeterings. Die koste van die magnetiese material verteenwoordig meer as vyftig persent van die vervaardigings koste van die prototipe. Koste kan bespaar word op die vervaardiging van die MGAVG deur die hoeveelheid magnete wat gebruik word te beperk.

<p>The general trend in gear industry, today, is an increased focus on gear transmission efficiency. Gear transmission efficiency losses arise from loaded and unloaded gear contacts, seals, lubricant and bearings. One way of minimising the losses is to lower the lubricant viscosity. This will reduce the speed dependent losses. However, the load dependent losses might increase. To avoid this, the ratio between lubricant film thickness and surface roughness must be maintained, which can be fulfilled by producing smoother gear surfaces. As a starting point for this realisation process, the present manufacturing processes, the design tools and the characteristics of the gear flank interface must be further investigated and developed. This must be achieved with an emphasis on economic production.</p><p>This thesis focuses on our understanding of how different gear manufacturing methods —particularly the contribution of the running-in process—affect the surface characteristics, with the view of increasing gearbox efficiency. The thesis consists of a summary and three appended papers.</p><p>Paper A and paper B discuss the relationship between design parameters and real gear wheel surfaces manufactured with different manufacturing methods. The research hypothesis was that the contact area ratio is a descriptive parameter for the contact condition. Paper A deals with the influence of manufacturing method on the initial contact conditions and also serves as a validation of the simulation program used. The emphasis in Paper B is the changes that occur during running-in, and to correlate these changes to design requirements. Paper C approaches the influences of manganese phosphate-coating and lubricants with respect to friction and the risk of scuffing at the initial contact.</p><p>The main conclusions of this thesis are that the contact area ratio presents a descriptive measure of how surface topography influences the contact, seen at both a global (form deviation) and local (roughness) level. The surface topography caused by the manufacturing method has a significant influence on the contact area ratio. This is an important result, since neither national standards nor commercially available gear evaluation programs handle surface topography on the local scale. Shaving was found to have the highest contact area ratio, and should therefore be the best choice if deviations from case hardening could be minimised. It is also confirmed that gear-like surfaces coated with manganese phosphate have a low coefficient of friction, and raise the limiting load for scuffing failure enormously compared to the ground equivalent.</p> / QC 20100518 / KUGG / Sustainable gear transmission realization

O aumento de eficiência de transmissões automotivas é a grande motivação deste trabalho. Sendo um dos objetivos principais avaliar correlações entre ensaios de eficiência de transmissões (com foco em engrenagens e cinemática do engrenamento) e ensaios tribológicos (com foco na avaliação do coeficiente de atrito e regimes de lubrificação). Nos ensaios tribológicos foi determinado o coeficiente de atrito para diferentes relações de rolamento e deslizamento, regimes de lubrificação, lubrificantes e recobrimentos. No banco de testes de transmissões automotivas foram avaliados diferentes lubrificantes e recobrimentos, similares aos avaliados nos ensaios tribológicos. Para se estabelecer a correlação entre estas duas escalas de ensaios, foi feito primeiramente um mapeamento de esforços e combinação de velocidades de rolamento e deslizamento durante o contato entre os dentes em uma transmissão. Este mapeamento permitiu: 1) que ensaios tribológicos tipo rolo esférico-disco fossem realizados de forma a se obter os coeficientes de atrito em diversas relações de razão deslizamento-rolamento (SRR - \"slide to roll ratio\") de forma a avaliar a performance de um revestimento a base de carbono e um óleo lubrificante aditivado; 2) Ensaios tribológicos esfera-disco plano também fossem realizados de forma a levantar os coeficientes de atrito para que, neste caso, fosse feito um confronto de especificação de óleos. Os ensaios de banco de provas foram feitos em diferentes condições: 1) utilizando um automóvel; 2) simulações numéricas (softwares comerciais) e 3) utilizando um banco para avaliação de eficiência de transmissões (dinamômetros e motores elétricos). Tanto os ensaios tribológicos (coeficiente de atrito) como testes de banco (avaliação da eficiência da transmissão) foram conduzidos em diferentes cenários de temperatura, relações de pressão de contato e velocidade comparadas com uma configuração de referência (características superficiais da engrenagem, contato na engrenagem e regimes de lubrificação). Os resultados obtidos permitiram associar o mapeamento do contato entre engrenagens e o regime de lubrificação com as eficiências obtida em banco de transmissões, softwares e ensaios tribológicos. Estes resultados indicam menores custos em desenvolvimentos e projetos de transmissões automotivas. / The greatest motivation of this thesis was the improving the efficiency of automotive transmissions. One of the aspects studied is how to establish a correlation between tribological test parameters based on the friction coefficient and lubrication regimes to the efficiency of an automotive transmission bench test. The efficiency of the transmission based on the contact established during the gearing for different coatings and lubricants. This correlation was based primarily using a stress map and the combination of sliding and rolling speeds applied on the surface contact between gear teeth. This mapping allows testing: 1) tribolological tests (roll on disc) combined with a device used to simulate contact conditions on friction coefficient, in which different conditions of slide to roll ratio (SRR) were obtained. Therefore the effect of carbon base coating and lubricants with different features could be tested. 2) tribological tests (ball on disc), in which friction coefficient was obtained for different lubricants to evaluate the behavior of them, probably related to additives. Transmission bench tests were also conducted, transmissions were tested:1) in automobiles; 2) using numerical simulation; 3) rig tests (dynamometers and electrical engines). Bench tests evaluated primarily the efficiency of the transmission. Tests (tribological and bench tests) in various scenarios of temperature, contact pressure ratio and speeds compared to the reference configuration (surface features of transmission gears, gear contact and regimes of lubrication) allowed the comparison between transmission efficiency, regimes the lubrication obtained during bench tests and tribological parameters, such as friction coefficient, and therefore, the results can help in selecting coatings and lubricants. These results indicate lower development and design costs in transmissions evaluation can be reached.

O foco do presente trabalho é estudar a intensificação da pressão de contato entre os dentes de duas engrenagens cilíndricas de dentes retos, que ocorre por causa do deslocamento dos componentes de um redutor de velocidades. Essa intensificação ocorre inclusive em um redutor fabricado sem quaisquer erros de usinagem ou de montagem. A correção de hélice é uma usinagem realizada na superfície do dente da engrenagem que compensa os deslocamentos dos eixos e engrenagens, devido à flexão e à torção, e os deslocamentos dos dentes das engrenagens, devido à flexão e à pressão de contato. Foram estudados efeitos importantes para essa correção de hélice em um redutor de velocidades. Com isso, foi desenvolvido um modelo analítico que calcula a correção necessária para diminuir esse intensificador de pressão de contato em função dos deslocamentos citados acima. Esse modelo analítico foi comparado com um modelo analítico da literatura e com o software comercial RIKOR®. Os resultados de correção de hélice propostos são similares aos da literatura e do RIKOR® com exceção das bordas das engrenagens, aonde existem algumas divergências. Posteriormente, foi desenvolvido um modelo sólido de engrenagem com o perfil evolvente e com as correções de hélice calculadas analiticamente. Este modelo tridimensional (3D) foi elaborado usando os softwares SolidWorks® e Inventor® e simulado por elementos finitos por meio do software ANSYS®. Verificou-se que as três correções de hélice - a proposta, a da literatura e a do RIKOR® - realmente diminuem a intensificação de pressão de contato no flanco do dente da engrenagem. Por fim, foi possível visualizar que a correção proposta nesta dissertação é 3% mais efetiva que a proposta pela literatura e pelo RIKOR® para o caso analisado. / This work will study the contact pressure intensifier between two spur gears teeth, which exists due to the displacement of the components of the gearbox. This effect occurs even in gearboxes manufactured without any machining and/or assembling errors. The lead correction is a machining operation conducted at the gear tooth surface that compensates the displacement of shafts and gears, due to bending and torsion, and the gear teeth displacement, due to bending and contact pressure. Factors that are important to the lead correction in gearboxes were studied. An analytical model was proposed in order to evaluate the lead correction necessary to diminish the contact pressure intensifier as a function of the displacements mentioned above. This analytical model was compared to a literature one and to the commercial software RIKOR®. The results of the proposed lead correction are similar to the literature and RIKOR® ones, although there are differences at the borders of the gears. This work also describes the development of a solid model of the gears and shafts with the involute profile and the lead correction evaluated analytically. This model is tridimensional (3D) and was designed using SolidWorks® and Inventor software. It was simulated using finite element analysis software ANSYS® and it was possible to verify that the three lead corrections - proposed, from literature and from RIKOR® - diminished the contact pressure intensifier at the gears tooth flank. It was also possible to verify that the lead correction proposed is 3% more effective than the other ones for the case analyzed.

Esta Dissertação, submetida à Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, tem como objetivo a caracterização de fratura por fadiga em componentes mecânicos. Esse estudo foi motivado por dois casos de falha: barras estabilizadoras de truques de trem para transporte de minério, e engrenagens de redutores de grande porte, aplicados em turbogeradores em usinas de cogeração. Foi apresentada uma revisão da literatura sobre nucleação e propagação de trincas de fadiga, sobre fadiga de contato e por flexão de dentes, os dois principais modos de falha de engrenagens, e sobre a dinâmica do truque de trem. As amostras coletadas de barras falhadas foram caracterizadas e suas superfícies de fratura foram examinadas. A trinca de fadiga iniciou-se em uma das dobras do rebaixo, em local com dano por corrosão, que favoreceram sua nucleação. Uma análise por elementos finitos foi realizada para analisar as tensões residuais devido ao processo de dobra da barra e conformação do rebaixo e as tensões devido à operação, num caso crítico de warp tracionando a barra. Os resultados mostraram que localmente a tensão de escoamento do material foi superada, especialmente nas regiões de pequeno raio de curvatura devido ao rebaixo. Para o caso das engrenagens, foi feita uma análise de confiabilidade por distribuição de Weibull com base nos tempos de vida dos componentes falhados e do restante fabricado. Do resultado inferiu-se que as falhas consistiram na \"mortalidade infantil\" dos componentes. Havia apenas uma amostra de engrenagem falhada disponível para análise, a qual foi detalhadamente caracterizada e cuja superfície de fratura foi minuciosamente estudada, a fim de determinar o modo e o mecanismo de falha, o início da trinca e, com isso, a causa da falha. Pôde-se concluir que a engrenagem falhou devido a fadiga por flexão de dente devido a um desalinhamento na montagem. Determinadas as causas das falhas, podem-se sugerir soluções, aumentando assim a confiabilidade dos componentes. As sugestões podem dizer respeito ao próprio projeto, à seleção de materiais, aos processos de fabricação, ao tratamento térmico, à montagem, ou ao sistema de lubrificação. / This Dissertation, submitted to the Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, aims to characterize fatigue fracture in mechanical components. This study was motivated by two cases of failure: frame brace of train bogies for ore transportation, and gears of large transmission systems, applied to turbogenerators in cogeneration power plants. A literature review was presented on nucleation and propagation of fatigue cracks, contact and tooth bending fatigue, which are the two main modes of failure of gears, and train bogie dynamics. Samples collected of failed bars were characterized and their fracture surfaces were examined. The fatigue crack initiated at one of the bends of the \"fillister\", where corrosion damage took place - both of which favoured the nucleation. A finite element analysis was performed to analyze the residual stresses due to the bending process of the bar and the forming of the \"fillister\" and the stresses due to operation, in a critical case of warp tensioning the bar. The results showed that locally the yield stress of the material was exceeded, especially in the regions of small radius of curvature due to the \"fillister\". For the case of the gears, a reliability analysis was performed by Weibull distribution based on the lifetimes of the failed components and the remainder manufactured. From the result it was inferred that the failures consisted of the \"infant mortality\" of the components. Only one failed gear sample was available for the analysis, which was thoroughly characterised and whose fracture surface was minutely studied, in order to determine the mode and mechanism of failure, crack initiation and, hence, cause of failure. It was concluded that the gear failed due to tooth bending fatigue due to misalignment in the assembly. Having determined the causes of failures, solutions can be suggested, thus increasing the reliability of the components. Suggestions may concern the design itself, materials selection, manufacturing processes, heat treatment, assembly, or lubrication system.

Um dos possíveis modos de falha em engrenagens é relacionado com o carregamento cíclico e, por consequência, a ocorrência de fadiga. O início da falha por fadiga ocorre devido à intensificadores de tensão e é geralmente observado no pé do dente (fadiga de flexão) ou na região de contato na superfície do dente (fadiga de contato). Experimentos para avaliação da fadiga de contato em engrenagens são geralmente conduzidos em bancadas de teste e tem custos elevados. Um método alternativo de experimentação de fadiga de contato em engrenagens é avaliado neste trabalho, consistindo no rolamento de esferas sobre um plano (corpo de prova). Dois grupos de corpos de prova foram fabricados com características e propriedades superficiais semelhantes às da superfície do dente de engrenagens nas condições: a) sem shot-peening e b) com shot-peening. As diferentes características dos corpos de prova foram testadas utilizando um equipamento desenvolvido em trabalho anterior para avaliar a fadiga de contato de rolamento, que ocorre no diâmetro primitivo das engrenagens. Resultados indicaram a ocorrência de dois mecanismos de falha comumente encontrados em engrenagens: pitting e spalling, entretanto, o equipamento se mostrou incapaz de monitorar a ocorrência de pitting. Ademais, os corpos de prova com shot-peening apresentaram menor resistência à fadiga para as condições testadas, em desacordo com ensaios de bancada anteriores. Algumas hipóteses foram discutidas para prover justificativas relacionadas aos resultados obtidos. / One of the possible mechanisms of gear failure is related to the cyclic loading and, consequently, the fatigue occurrence. The onset of fatigue failure occurs due to stress intensifiers and it is generally observed on the fillet (bending fatigue) or on the tooth surface contact region (contact fatigue). Gear fatigue evaluation is usually carried out by test rigs, which are expensive. An alternative method of contact fatigue test of gears is evaluated in this work, which consists of balls rolling on a plane (specimen). Two groups of specimens were manufactured to obtain surface characteristics and properties like gears tooth\'s surface: a) without shot-peening and b) with shot-peening. The different features of specimens were tested by using an in house developed equipment to evaluate the rolling contact fatigue, which occurs on gears on its diametral pitch. Results indicate the occurrence of two failure modes: pitting and spalling, however, the equipment showed to be unable to monitor the occurrence of pitting. Also, the shot-peened group specimens presented lower fatigue life resistance for the analyzed conditions, which are not in agreement with previous rig tests. Some hypotheses were discussed to provide justifications related to the obtained results.

The river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) was previously caught in large numbers in Europe when migrating up in the rivers during autumn for spawning the next spring. It was used as food and was also used as bait in cod fishing in the North Sea. Today the river lamprey has decreased in numbers over much of it’s distribution range, but in the Baltic Sea area, the population is still at a fairly good level, and fishing for lampreys as food (a tradition going back to at least the fifteenth century) is still going on in northern Swedish and Finnish rivers, as well as in coastal rivers in the southern Baltic Sea area. In this article the current situation as regards river lamprey fishing in Sweden, Finland, Latvia and, to some extent, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland is presented.

Esta Dissertação, submetida à Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, tem como objetivo a caracterização de fratura por fadiga em componentes mecânicos. Esse estudo foi motivado por dois casos de falha: barras estabilizadoras de truques de trem para transporte de minério, e engrenagens de redutores de grande porte, aplicados em turbogeradores em usinas de cogeração. Foi apresentada uma revisão da literatura sobre nucleação e propagação de trincas de fadiga, sobre fadiga de contato e por flexão de dentes, os dois principais modos de falha de engrenagens, e sobre a dinâmica do truque de trem. As amostras coletadas de barras falhadas foram caracterizadas e suas superfícies de fratura foram examinadas. A trinca de fadiga iniciou-se em uma das dobras do rebaixo, em local com dano por corrosão, que favoreceram sua nucleação. Uma análise por elementos finitos foi realizada para analisar as tensões residuais devido ao processo de dobra da barra e conformação do rebaixo e as tensões devido à operação, num caso crítico de warp tracionando a barra. Os resultados mostraram que localmente a tensão de escoamento do material foi superada, especialmente nas regiões de pequeno raio de curvatura devido ao rebaixo. Para o caso das engrenagens, foi feita uma análise de confiabilidade por distribuição de Weibull com base nos tempos de vida dos componentes falhados e do restante fabricado. Do resultado inferiu-se que as falhas consistiram na \"mortalidade infantil\" dos componentes. Havia apenas uma amostra de engrenagem falhada disponível para análise, a qual foi detalhadamente caracterizada e cuja superfície de fratura foi minuciosamente estudada, a fim de determinar o modo e o mecanismo de falha, o início da trinca e, com isso, a causa da falha. Pôde-se concluir que a engrenagem falhou devido a fadiga por flexão de dente devido a um desalinhamento na montagem. Determinadas as causas das falhas, podem-se sugerir soluções, aumentando assim a confiabilidade dos componentes. As sugestões podem dizer respeito ao próprio projeto, à seleção de materiais, aos processos de fabricação, ao tratamento térmico, à montagem, ou ao sistema de lubrificação. / This Dissertation, submitted to the Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, aims to characterize fatigue fracture in mechanical components. This study was motivated by two cases of failure: frame brace of train bogies for ore transportation, and gears of large transmission systems, applied to turbogenerators in cogeneration power plants. A literature review was presented on nucleation and propagation of fatigue cracks, contact and tooth bending fatigue, which are the two main modes of failure of gears, and train bogie dynamics. Samples collected of failed bars were characterized and their fracture surfaces were examined. The fatigue crack initiated at one of the bends of the \"fillister\", where corrosion damage took place - both of which favoured the nucleation. A finite element analysis was performed to analyze the residual stresses due to the bending process of the bar and the forming of the \"fillister\" and the stresses due to operation, in a critical case of warp tensioning the bar. The results showed that locally the yield stress of the material was exceeded, especially in the regions of small radius of curvature due to the \"fillister\". For the case of the gears, a reliability analysis was performed by Weibull distribution based on the lifetimes of the failed components and the remainder manufactured. From the result it was inferred that the failures consisted of the \"infant mortality\" of the components. Only one failed gear sample was available for the analysis, which was thoroughly characterised and whose fracture surface was minutely studied, in order to determine the mode and mechanism of failure, crack initiation and, hence, cause of failure. It was concluded that the gear failed due to tooth bending fatigue due to misalignment in the assembly. Having determined the causes of failures, solutions can be suggested, thus increasing the reliability of the components. Suggestions may concern the design itself, materials selection, manufacturing processes, heat treatment, assembly, or lubrication system.

Dissertação (mestrado profissional)) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T22:59:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Glyniadakis_GeorgesVretos_M.pdf: 4546733 bytes, checksum: 79710497f8d263afb43f905ddd4e41f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Os requisitos de qualidade sonora estão sendo cada vez mais utilizados no mercado de caminhões médios e pesados. Assim, proprietários de veículos sentem-se incomodados pelo ruído de batida de dentes, principalmente na condição de motor na marcha lenta e o compressor de ar operando com carga. Algumas vezes o associam como falha, podendo até gerar reclamações na revenda bem como perda de qualidade na imagem do produto ou do fabricante. Uma opção para tratar este tipo de ruído é o uso de engrenagens com sistema de redução de folga. A literatura indica que conforme a folga é reduzida o ruído também é reduzido. Então entender o efeito desta solução é necessário antes de aplicá-la em produção. Sendo assim este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar o efeito vibroacustico da engrenagem com sistema de redução de folga automático no ruído de batida de dentes (rattle) relativo à engrenagem do compressor de ar do motor MWM ACTEON 4.12TCE. Um modelo analítico simplificado foi desenvolvido para verificar as oscilações dos deslocamentos angulares e velocidades da engrenagem do compressor. Estes resultados foram posteriormente confrontados com resultados experimentais. Também foram analisadas as respostas vibroacústicas do motor através de experimentos e seus efeitos em termos de qualidade sonora através de teste de júri / Abstract: Sound quality requirements have been more often used in light and heavy duty trucks market. Then, vehicle owners fell uncomfortable with rattle noise mainly at idle speed with air compressor operating in load phase. Sometimes they associate this noise as a failure, which can generate a car shop dealer claim, as well as product and company image deterioration. One option to deal with this kind of noise is to apply an anti-backlash gears. The literature shows that as we decrease the backlash the rattle is reduced too. Then, to understand the effect of this solution is mandatory before to apply into production. The object of this work is to study the vibroacoustics effects of the anti-backlash gear system regarding to the air compressor rattle noise of the MWM ACTEON 4.12TCE diesel engine. A simplified analytical model was developed in order to verify the angular displacement and velocities fluctuation of the air compressor anti-backlash gear. These results were compared with experimental ones. Experimental vibroacoustics responses were also analyzed in terms of sound quality jury test / Mestrado / Dinâmica / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica