MASTA Advanced Features

A comprehensive range of modules enable you to incorporate advanced design and analysis functionality enabling you to tailor MASTA to your requirements.
 
 
Advanced design features include:

• All design features available in MASTA core
• Spiral bevel gear design to Gleason or AGMA 2005 – C96 standards
• Zerol bevel gear design to Gleason standards
• Straight bevel gear design
• Hypoid gear design
• Klingelnberg gear design

- Hypoid to KN 3029

- Spiral bevel to KN 3028

• Complex planetary gear design
• Worm gear design based on GB10085, GB10087 & GB10088
• Include belts & chains, torque converters and CVT couplings in designs
• Interference fit design & sizing to DIN 7190
• Spline design to DIN 5480, GB/T 3478, ISO 4156, JIS B1603 & SAE(ANSI B92.1)

 
Detailed analysis features include:

• All analysis features avaialble in MASTA core
• Loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA)

- Cylindrical, spiral bevel & hypoid gears

- Planetary gears

• Micro gear geometry analysis & optimisation using simple strip model or FE/Hertzian-based loaded tooth contact analysis
• Macro geometry optimisation of bevel & hypoid gears
• FE beased gear root stress analysis

- Cylindrical, bevel & hypoid gears

• Parametric study tool
• Synchroniser sizing
• Transmission efficiency / power loss analysis
• Modal analysis & NVH (including using housing and shaft FE where available)

- Coupled system modal analysis

- Gear whine analysis

• Advanced bearing analysis including fitting and thermal effects
• Drive train simulation

- Automotive

- Windturbine

 
Rating & analysis results include:

• All results available in MASTA core
• Cylindrical gear rating to AGMA 2101-D04
• Cylindrical gear scuffing analysis to AGMA 925-A03, ISO/TR 13989 or DIN 3990
• Cylindrical gear root stress results
• Spiral bevel gear rating to Gleason or AGMA 2003 – B97
• Zerol bevel gear rating to Gleason or AGMA 2003 – B97
• Klingelnberg gear rating

- Hypoid to KN 3030

- Spiral bevel to KN 3030

• Spline rating to GB/T 17855 or SAE Design Guide
• Load & speed dependant power losss in bearings, gears and seals to ISO/TR 14179-1
• Transmission Error, dynamic mesh force & dynamic response
• Contact loads
• Planetary load sharing
• Advanced bearing results including comprehensive element and race details

Integration with FE

• Import FE models for housing and shafts

- Analyse influence of housing on gear and bearing misalignments

- Perform asymmetrical shaft deflection and stress analyses

• Supports import from ANSYS, Nastran & Abaqus

Gear manufacturing

• Cylindrical gear hobbing, shaping, shaving & grinding simulation
• Optimisation of cylindrical gear shaping or hobbing cutter profile for maximum gear bending strength
• Cylindrical gear hobbing, shaping & shaving process simulation

- Predict profile, lead and pitch errors

- Classification of the ISO 1328 & AGMA 2015 quality

• Spiral bevel & hypoid gear manufacturing

- Machine setting  cutter optimisation

- Gear tooth flank simulation & optimisation