DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURING OF EPICYCLIC GEARBOX FOR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV)

All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) are used to handle a wider variety of terrains and are specifically used in border patrol, oil exploration and surveying. In this study, an Epicyclic Gearbox has been designed, analysed and manufactured for its use in an ATV. Epicyclic Gearbox which is generally used in Tractors, High Speed Gas turbines and Construction Equipment has features such as rotating axes of certain gears, certain gears in mesh with multiple gears at the same time and co-axiality of input and output shafts. This provides for compactness of size, weight reduction and sufficient gear reduction which are essential requirements for ATVs. The modelling was done in Solid Works and the analysis in ANSYS. The gearbox was tested on the ATV, with its usage being effective