DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER RECIRCULATING GEAR TEST RIG | ||||
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||||
Article 53, Volume 13, 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2008, Page 64-73 PDF (506.37 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2008.39295 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
GONSALVIS J.1; SACHIDANANDA H. K.2; PRAKASH H. R.3; RAJESH A. R.4 | ||||
1Principal, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore. Author for correspondence. | ||||
2Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sahyadri Institute of Technology, Mangalore. | ||||
3Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. | ||||
4Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering DACG Polytechnic, Chickmagalur. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT Gears are used for transmission of motion or power from one shaft to another. The type of gear, and design features, determine not only the operating characteristics of a gear pair but also whether it may fail prematurely. Testing of gears is essential to know their reliability in their field performance. Laboratory methods, though cannot fully create a replica of the environment to which these gears are subjected to while working in the fields, but these methods certainly help in building confidence in their level of performance expected. In order to measure the performance of the gear it has to be designed, fabricated and tested. Various types of gear testing machines are available which use the principle of “four square” in which two gear sets are joined back to back and locked together after applying a twisting couple to one of the connecting shafts. The novelty of this gear testing machine is that in order to apply tooth loads back to back, a torque meter is employed, which helps apply metered torque, which eliminates twisting of a long shaft. The power required to drive this test rig is only the frictional power loss occurring between gear tooth contacts. This paper discusses about design and development of a power re-circulating test rig for testing gear samples. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Gears; four square; FZG; power recirculation; accelerated and fatigue | ||||
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