Failure of a Crane Long-Travel Worm Drive Shaft

1993 ◽  
pp. 343-344
Keyword(s):  
Drive Shaft ◽  
Worm Drive

scholarly journals Design and manufacture of the novel drum worm pair

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 003685042098122
Author(s):  
Jingzi Zhang ◽  
Jin’ge Wang ◽  
Kai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Worm Gear ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Bending Stress ◽  
Manufacturing Method ◽  
Design And Manufacture ◽  
Maximum Contact ◽  
Worm Drive

Although a significant amount of research on robot joint reducer was conducted, there are few systematic investigations on a novel joint reducer adopting inner worm-gear plane enveloping drum worm drive. To satisfy the development of modular robot joint, the primary objective of this paper was to systematically investigate the drum worm drive adopted in the novel joint reducer with integrated structure of drive, transmission, and support in the following aspects: meshing theory, design, analysis, and manufacture. According to the gear meshing theory, mechanical design method, classical mechanics, finite element method, and machining principle of virtual center distance, the systematic investigations around the drum worm pair applied in the novel joint reducer were conducted including the macro and micro meshing theory, structure design, mechanical and contact properties analyses, and manufacturing method. The novel joint reducer’s integrated structure was designed, and the drum worm pair’s mechanical and contact properties analyses were conducted, which showed: (1) the worm’s bending stress and deflection, worm-gear teeth’s shear stress and bending stress as well as the maximum contact stresses were all below their corresponding allowable values; (2) the maximum contact stresses appeared at the engage-in position of the worm pair opposing to the engaging-out position where the largest contact areas appeared. Then the manufacturing of drum worm’s spiral tooth was conducted via the modified 4-axis linkage CNC grinder according to the conjugate motion. Finally the novel joint reducer’s industrial prototype was assembled. The novel joint reducer with integrated structure of drive, transmission and support was designed and manufactured for the first time. The flowchart of design and manufacture of the reducer’s drum worm pair in this process was formulated, which provides a new insight on the research of joint reducers as well as other fields.

Analysis of Drive Shaft Speed Variations in a Scotch Yoke Mechanism

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Wiederrich
Keyword(s):  
Practical Importance ◽  
Drive Shaft ◽  
Constant Speed ◽  
Shaft Speed ◽  
Flexible Coupling ◽  
Harmonic Content ◽  
Common Drive ◽  
Scotch Yoke Mechanism

Two analyses are presented for determining the drive shaft speed variations in a scotch yoke mechanism. The first analysis determines the speed variations when the mechanism is rigidly connected to a motor having a quadratic speed versus torque characteristic. The second analysis determines the speed variations when the mechanism is connected to a constant speed source through a flexible coupling. Together these models represent the two most common drive configurations. The results are of practical importance since they can be used in the preliminary calculations necessary in either the design of a main drive or the diagnosis of a drive problem in an existing machine. The methods are also of theoretical importance since they may be extended to the analysis of mechanisms having a greater harmonic content than the simple scotch yoke mechanism.

Time-domain extrapolation method for tractor drive shaft loads in stationary operating conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 143-155
Author(s):  
Zihan Yang ◽  
Zhenghe Song ◽  
Xueyan Zhao ◽  
Xingxiang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Drive Shaft ◽  
Extrapolation Method

Computer Simulation of a Press Feed Mechanism and Experimental Confirmation

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chassapis ◽  
G. G. Lowen
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Quantitative Agreement ◽  
Drive Shaft ◽  
Strain Gages ◽  
Motion Equations ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Bending Strain ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Set Up

An experimentally verified simulation of the elastic-dynamic behavior of a lever-type feed mechanism is presented. Based on a combination of experimental and analytical findings, simplified motion equations could be introduced. In the experimental set-up, the motion of the mechanism is monitored by three angular encoders, which are attached to the drive shaft, the rocker-link shaft, and the feed roller shaft, respectively. Their output, which is stored in a specially designed data acquisition system, allows the correlation of the instantaneous rotations of the feed roller and the rocker shafts to that of the drive shaft. Strain gages provide in and out-of-plane bending-strain histories of the bent coupler. Experiment and theory, for different loading conditions, are correlated by way of the coupler strain, the clutch windup angle and the total feed length. Good qualitative and quantitative agreement between computed and experimental results was found.

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