Gear wheel

A gear wheel axially mountable for operative rotation on a shaft, comprising:

• a base body defining a recess sized for passage of the shaft and having a plurality of teeth distributed radially along a circumference of the base body, wherein a first side of the base body is a planar radial first wall extending from the recess to the circumference of the base body;
• and
• a first disc-shaped damping element releasably entirely connected directly to and against the first side of the base body so as to accommodate relative movement between the base body and the damping element in response to dynamic loads acting on the operating gear wheel
• a second disc-shaped damping element releasably connected to and against a second side of the base body so as to accommodate relative movement between the base body and the second damping element in response to dynamic loads acting on the operating gear wheel, wherein the second side of the base body is a planar radial second wall extending from the recess to the circumference of the base body,
• wherein an inner diameter of the second disc-shaped damping element is larger than the inner diameter of the first damping element;
• wherein the first damping element has a recess that defines a radially inner most diameter that is substantially equal to the base body recess;
• and wherein the base body and the first damping element are produced from similar materials having similar hardness.