“…Thus, a numerical simulation of loaded line and point contacts in face gears performed by Li et al [9] in 2005 has shown the superiority of a line contact over a point one, since it provides higher contact ratio, lower maximal load, lower loaded transmission error, and lower contact pressure. While the bearing capacity and driving efficiency of the worm gear mainly rely on the experimental results, the distribution of instantaneous contact line can be simulated, and the meshing performance of worm gear can be indirectly assessed via the numerical simulation [9,10]. On this basis, the influencing factors of meshing performance can also be analyzed, so that the mesh performance of worm gear can be improved by choosing the appropriate design parameters [11,12].…”