Screw Gear and Rack d

This drive consists of a pinion of helical teeth and a rack of straight teeth.
The gear is stationary. The green curve is locus of a point on rack pitch line (a space involute of a circle?).
Pinion: Helix angle B1 = 30 deg., left hand
Rack: Helix angle B2 = 0 deg.
Angle between pinion axle and rack moving direction is L = 30 deg.

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