Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia, 2018

3rd HomeWorks on: Transmission of rotational motion

Thomas Bomjan Tamang

April 11, 2018

Calculation:

A schematic diagram of winch drive is shown in Figure. Notation is taken as follows:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 – gear-wheels or worm gear-wheels, which numbers of teeth are
accordingly equal to z1, z2, z3, z4, z5, z11;
6 – worm with z6 threads;
9 – electric motor with power Pe and nominal rotational speed ne;
10 – shaft, on which winch pulley with diameter dp is installed.
It is assumed that all gear transmissions and worm gearings are placed inside closed
boxes (gear boxes). Average values of efficiency coefficients η for transmissions and
support bearings can be taken from reference books. And it is must be considered that
in all supports rolling bearings are installed.
It is necessary to determine the weight Q of a body, which can be uniformly winched
without overloading of electric motor.

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 Given: z1 = 17; z2 = 44; z3 = 27; z4 = 54; z5 = 85; z6 = 4; z11 = z3 + z3 = 27+85 = 115
; dp = 180 mm; Pe = 4 kW; ne = 1440 R.P.M.

Determine: Q

Resulting gear ratio uΣ of winch drive

Preliminary gear ratios for separate transmissions must be determined: -

gear transmission z3 → z11 with internal gearing

u311=Z11/Z3= 115/27 = 4.26;

cylindrical gear transmission z1 → z2

u12 = Z2/Z1= 44/17 = 2.58;

- cylindrical gear transmission z2 → z4

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 u24=Z4/Z2 = 85/44 =1.23;

- worm gearing

uw =Z5/Z6 = 80/4= 20.

Resulting gear ratio of winch drive:

uΣ = u311 ⋅u12 ⋅u24 ⋅uw = 4.26⋅2.58⋅1.23⋅20 =270.37

Efficiency factor ηΣ of winch drive

Preliminary values of efficiency factors ηi for separate transmissions and units are
determined by special table in reference book:
- boxed gear transmission with cylindrical wheels ηz = 0.97;
- one-thread worm gearing ηw = 0.70;
- coefficient, which considers energy losses in one pair of rolling bearings ηb = 0.99;
- coefficient, which considers energy losses in winch pulley ηp = 0.97.
Total efficiency factor of winch drive:

ηΣ =ηz3 ⋅ηw ⋅ηg4 ⋅ηb = 0.973 ⋅0.70⋅0.994 ⋅0.97 = 0.595.

Useful power Pp and rotational velocity np of winch pulley

Rotational velocity of winch pulley:

np =ne/ uΣ = 1440/270.37= 5.325 R.P.M.
where ne –nominal rotational speed of electric motor.

Power on winch pulley

Pp = Pe ⋅ ηΣ = 4⋅0.595 = 2.38 kW.

Weight Q of winched body

Angular velocity of pulley:

𝜔p= π⋅np/30=3.14⋅5.325/30= 0.55rad/s

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 Velocity of winched body:

V =ωp ⋅dp/2 =0.55∙0.18/2=0.0494m/s

Weight of winched body:

Q = Pp/V = 2380/0.0494 = 48080.8N

Answer: Q ≈ 49 kN