Tom Reavie joined Newcastle University’s Design Unit in 2017 after completing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering. His work involves design of mechanical power transmissions with a focus on gear design and analysis. Tom is a member of the UK’s National Gear Metrology Laboratory (NGML) and he is completing a Ph.D. alongside his research in gear metrology.
As well as evaluation of profile, helix and pitch deviations, harmonic analysis of measured 2D trace data is routinely used by some industries to control gear noise and characterize machine tool performance. Evaluation of 3D surface measurement data has not been investigated.
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