Shaft Definition and 370 Threads

This system consists of a shaft that is connected to a motor that is rotating at 200rpm. The whole shaft consists of two gears. The input power of the system is 500W. Is there a way i can calculate how exactly i can find the best material for my gears that is able to withstand the input power...

Hi, Struggling with calculating the angle of twist, using TL/GJ. The answer to (b)(i) is 946.1 Nm. Using 0.3 m length section. 946.1 * 0.3 / 75 x 10^9 * 2.047 x 10^-7 = 0.0185 * 180/pi = 1.06 rads Answer is 0.273. Question below (b)(ii):

hello i have a torque of 100 Nm. how to calculate the shaft size?

Hi, I have this motor with me, http://www.etonm.com/products_detail/&productId=46.html What I want to do is mount an encoder at the back side of the output shaft of the gearbox. I am trying to figure out how to extend the motor shaft in the rear side. The encoder I am fitting will be optical...

Attempting to determine the torque on the shaft of a pump. Known values are flow rate, RPM, and shaft diameter. 1. What other values are needed to make the calculation? 2. What is the equation I can use for this?

Hello all, I'm trying to put together this little puppy: which is found here: http://507movements.com/mm_226.html Now, there are a few terms thrown around that I could use help clearing up. The descriptions use the terms "fast on the shaft, F" and "loose on the shaft, F" to describe the position...

I have an electric motor that I am using to turn an auger to dispense pet food. I want to measure the average torque required to turn this auger at a given rpm. I know Powerin = Voltage into motor * Current into motor and Powerout = Torque exerted by shaft * RPM of auger and Powerout...

Homework Statement A cylindrical piston shaft weighs 250 g and is held vertically inside an actuator (We can assume actuator is a box with hollow cylindrical space to fit the piston shaft). Compressed air at 100 psi is supplied at the bottom of the actuator and is acting on the piston upwards...

Hello Being practical I have been stuck in one question like if I have a 320 mm diameter and 805 mm long shaft which is suppose to rotate through gearbox how do I need to select a gearbox. As per I think I need to calculate the torque of shaft and find the torque of gearbox and based on that I...

Hello, As part of a project I'm working on, I need to mount a shaft to a sheet of plywood or plastic. On this shaft will sit a gear which rotates. The shaft, however, should not rotate or move in any way. I have tried using a threaded shaft, mounting it to wood just by screwing in two nuts on...

Consider a small enclosed vertical shaft (say 50x50 cm) inside an aparment building with an Ø160 mm uninsulated steel exhaust duct moving air at anything from +20°C to -10°C depending on time of year. Surrounding areas are at room temperature, 21°C. The air surrounding the duct inside the shaft...

What would be the appropriate mechanism such that when the eccentric circle is rotating about the larger center circle the table stays horizontal? The large circular is the driver (its continuously rotating)

A shaft of diameter 10 inch is supported by 3 ball bearings. An external force (F, given) from pulley (diameter not given) also acts on the shaft. The supports are subjected to bending load (moment and transverse shear) and torsion load due to pulley. Yield Stress at Tension given. Assume no...

I am designing a custom socket for an application at work and I am concerned about the wall thickness in the area marked by the red box (see attached drawing). The socket will be used to torque a nut to 500Nm. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and I can do stress calcs on straight...

Hi all, I am trying to work out the stress on a shaft when a compressive force is placed on it such as a taper lock or press fit. I have looked at all the thin and thick wall section formulas and they seem ok. I am not sure what happens when the internal radius becomes 0 and its a solid shaft...

This is a series of question that appear to become more and more vague, the last part has me stumped. 1. Homework Statement A) I have an electric motor that produces 0.4 HP of shaft power at a speed of 2800rpm. What will the gearbox speed and torque be on the output of a 1:5 (in : out)...

I recently read a post on "How much energy does an alternator use?". So I read some more online articles and found that some people have thought of running their alternator on their drive shaft. This doesn't seem more economical to me, since you will still loose engine power . If the alternator...

I'm trying to make a 3D model of a linear actuator. I'm using this roller pinion: http://www.nexengroup.com/nxn/products/details/id/966828 It has a keyed bore and says I need a shaft mount but I have no idea how I'm supposed to mount it to a DC motor... Could someone please explain the parts I...

I'm building a trike and wanted to know if an acrylic shaft would suffice? The accumulator shaft would hold two cycle ratchet and a sprocket.

Homework Statement A. A shaft 2m long rotates at 1500 revs min-1 between bearings as shown. The bearings forces of 5kN and 3kN acting in the same plane as shown. A single mass is to be used to balance the shaft, so that the reactions are zero. The mass is to be placed at a radius of 200mm...

I am facing problem in calculating the shaft torque for my system. Motor is driving pulley and that pulley is coupled with belt with another big pulley (please refer attached file image). Motor power 19.4 kw, Torque- 71.8 Nm, Motor Rated speed- 2580 rpm, motor shaft dia=42mm Pulley dia (refer...

I have a .850" diameter steel shaft that will have a torque of 125 ft-lbs put on it. I need to calculate how much down force I need to stop the shaft from rotating. I suppose we can assume that it will be steel on steel. Going with a coefficient of friction of about .35 I tried to calculate...

Homework Statement http://prntscr.com/7rtrep http://prntscr.com/7rts95 Homework Equations theta = TL/GJ t(max)= Tc/J The Attempt at a Solution The two questions i have are rather similar so i put them up at the same time, i hope that's okay. For the first one ( the first link) i started by...

Hello, I am on a project where i need to rotate a disc with the help of electric motor(connecting directly to the shaft of the motor). The motor shaft has a diameter of 6mm and the shaft of disc has 15mm. what could be the best possible way to connect both of them.

how to find out critical speed of shaft without load. Shaft is supported at ends with bearings. what is the effect of this speed.

< Mentor Note -- thread moved to HH from the technical engineering forums, so no HH Template is shown >[/color] I'm busy designing a solar panel mount for a 300W solar panel, roughly 2m x 1m in size and 30kg in mass. I would like to know how to calculate the torque on the shaft (situated in the...

Hi, I'm wondering about the effect of the shaft flex on the impact velocity between the club and the ball. I understand that as I swing down the golf club, the shaft flexes and the club head lags behind. Near the end of the point of impact, the shaft bends forward. Intuitively, I would think...

New to the forum, and can't find this info or examples on the web. I'm interested in the possibility of coupling multiple DC brushless motors to a single drive shaft for main propulsion on a 45-50', twin screw boat. Lots of sail boat examples are given, but my interest is in a power...

Homework Statement [/B] A glass marble is dropped down an elevator shaft and hits a thick glass plate on top of an elevator that is descending at a speed of 2.10 m/s. The marble hits the glass plate 7.5 m below the point from which it was dropped. If the collision is elastic, how high will the...

Hello Fellow members. In many litterature about mixing liquids in tanks, they describe how to calculate the natural frequency of shafts in free air. But i have only found one book that describe about natural frequency of shafts in liquid, and it should have a damping effect of the natural...

What is the torque on a shaft when applying a load of 1000 kgs. through winch lifting at a speed of 35 meters per minute wire speed. What should be the H.P of an electric motor if it runs the winch. The motor rpm is 980. Gear box speed ratio is 70:1.

When a coupling is described as being 6.35 mm x 12 mm, what does this mean? I figure that 6.35 mm is the shaft diameter it accepts because that diameter equals 1/4". Is 12 mm the size of shaft the opposing side is designed to attach to? Thank you in advance.

MODERATOR NOTE: THIS THREAD WAS ORIGINALLY IN ANOTHER FORUM, SO THERE IS NO TEMPLATE. I have a hollow shaft made of a titanium alloy, Shear Modulus "G". The shaft has a wall thickness of 3.2mm and an inner diameter of 20mm. The shaft looks as show in the attached image. A torque T of 232 Nmm...

In the pulley system shown in Figure Q1 the tangential forces on the pulleys are shown. Each pulley adds an additional load / weight of 500N on the shaft. Calculate a suitable shaft diameter so that to avoid failure by the maximum shear stress criterion. The tensile yield strength of the shaft...

I want to calculate the torque coming onto a half shaft in a very particular event. The event is I let's say I am in 3rd gear and have reached my max torque zone after which I have taken my foot of the acc pedal...nw I m letting the the vehicle coast as soon as it reaches say 60% of max power...

Hi guys. I am doing a project involving a pedal powered rotary vane pump. I would like to ask how do I measure the Torque. I used a hollow steel shaft with a diameter of 0.75 inches. I was trying out the formula T=Fr but I have no idea how to measure the perpendicular force. In the picture you...

If a motor has a horsepower of 5hp and a gear box ratio of 10:1 does the hp through out the system remain 5? or does the gear box multiply the power? how does this affect the torque?

Homework Statement internal diameter of a hollow shaft is two third of its external diameter .if it is melted and new solid shaft is made.what would happen to the shaft resistance of torsion. in percentage? Homework Equations as i know T/j=G*angle of twist/length. torsional...

I have a "bending stress" question, which is causing me "actual stress"... I have a solid 30m Aluminium shaft, which I need to replace with an equivalent hollow shaft, but I am having difficulty in calculating the internal and external diameters. The solid shaft diameter is 0.118m, and all I...

Hey guys, I've been having an issue with my approach to this problem. I'm stuck after I get the deformation... : 1. The proportional portion of the tension-strain diagram for an aluminum alloy is shown in the figure (attached). The specimen used for the test gauge length of 2in and a diameter...

Homework Statement A steel ring has a diameter of 75 mm at 20 deg C. how much must it be heated in order to mount on a brass shaft of dia 75.05 Then both are cooled. how must they be cooled so the ring will fall off? Homework Equations Thermal elongation coefficient of steel: 12E-6 Thermal...

Hello All, Some background information: I'm a co-op engineering student and recently my supervisor asked me to do a bit of research on a solution to a problem we had. Essentially, a cardan shaft connecting a motor and a gear box failed at a joint during operation and caused some extensive...

Hi, I'm new to this field. I'm interested in knowing electrical motor/generator operations. I have few questions here could you please help me. Qtn: I have a shaft rotating a minute and not rotating 10 seconds. i.e 1min rotates + 10sec stopped + 1min rotates + 10...and so on. In this case...

In regards to the Lotus Elan from 1962, my book H-point says that Colin Chapman used the prop shaft tunnel as ''backbone'' to the body structure. Can someone please elaborate on this? Does this mean that the structure of the prop shaft tunnel acted like a stiffener for the entire body...

Hi All, I am trying to determine the correct equations to apply with a problem I have run into at work. Basically I have a shaft with a cutter with straight flutes, I am trying to find out the torque load on the shaft when the cutter flutes make contact with the material they are cutting...

Hi! I would like to change my work truck into an electric hybrid. I have all the electrical portions of this project handled. My big problem is somehow connecting the motor to the drive shaft. The motor is going to sit in the bed of the truck. Its a twelve foot box truck, the motor will sit...

I have a rubber wheel that has a 1/2" plastic bore with a key slot in it (see attachment). I want to spin that wheel with a motor that has an 8mm straight shaft. I need some ideas on how to fasten the motor shaft to the wheel. I want to have a bearing opposite of the motor to keep the shaft...

Hi, I'm interested in wind power/energy and I would like to know how much torque is required to rotate a low-speed shaft of either a 2mw or 3mw wind turbine at an rpm of 20. Also, I'd like to know if the weight of components (e.g. the shafts, gears, or any other components) affect how much...

I have a two shaft 1) hollow shaft 2) solid shaft . both has same length. Condition 1) If diameter of both this shaft is same, which shaft can transmit a more torque? how? condition 2) If cross section area of both this shaft are same then which shaft can transmit more torque? how...

shaft -- find natural frequency of horizontal shaft with bearings how to find natural frequency of horizontal shaft with bearings at either sides, using (Ansys-classic). Please reply, Thank you.