Design procedure of a Screw Jack

Let us consider
Load= 100KN and lifting height= 500mm. The design will be considered in the following steps:

1. Design of the screw

Let us consider a MS screw with t = 448MPa and

Take a high factor of safety =10 and

= 224 MPa

This gives dc=54mm

next standard: nominal dia=70mm and pitch=10mm.

The torque required to raise the load is given by:

Where l = np, n being the number of starts.

Here n=1 and hence l = p =10mm, dm = 65mm, F = 100X103N and = 0.26
This gives: T = 1027 Nm.
Check for combined stress

The screw is subjected to a direct compressive stress and a torsional shear stress . The
c
stresses are given by

The principal stress can be given by

Maximum shear stress max = 29.96 MPa.

Factor o f

safety i n compression =

4 4 8 / 1 2 . 3 1 = 36.4

Factor of Safety in shear = 224/29.96= 7.48.

Therefore the screw dimensions are safe.

2. Design of the nut

A phosphor bronze nut (Cu-Zn alloy with small percentage of Pb) is used.
Let

ty = 125MPa, cy = 150MPa, y = 105MPa and Safe bearing pressure Pb =

15MPa
Yield stress in shear y = 105MPa
Safe bearing pressure Pb = 15MPa.

Considering that the load is shared equally by all threads bearing failure may be avoided if

Here dn=60mm, dm=65, Pb=15 MPa and this gives n/=6.52. Let n/=8
Therefore H = n/p = 8X10 = 80mm
Crushing of nut threads

With the previous values of dmaj and dc we have

c = 12.24 MPa which is adequately safe since cy = 150 MPa
Shear failure of threads
F = dmaj t n/

where t is the thread thickness= p/2 ( for the square thread)=10/2=5

This gives =11.37 MPa and since y= 105MPa shear failure is not expected
Tension in the nut
Due to the screw loading the nut needs to be checked for tension also and we may write:

A correlation factor C for the load is used to account for the twisting moment. With C=1.3 and on
substitution of values in the equation D1 works out to be 70mm.
But D1 needs to be larger than dmaj and we take D1 = 100mm
Crushing failure of collar.

With D1=100mm,, cy=150MPa and F=100KN D2=110mm

Allowing for collar margin take D2 =120mm.
Shearing of the nut collar
D1ay = F
Substituting values D1 =100mm we have a = 4mm

Let a = 5mm

3. Buckling of the Screw

Length L of the screw = Lifting height + H.
This gives L= 500+80 = 580 mm
With the nominal screw diameter of 70mm we have

This value of slenderness ratio is small (< 40) and the screw may be treated as a short
column. No buckling of the screw is therefore expected

4. Tommy bar

Total torsional moment without the collar friction = T = 1027 Nm

To avoid rotation of the load when the screw rotates a loose fitting of the cup is maintained
T= F /
l
1
Where F is the maximum force applied at the tommy bar and this may be taken as 400N
1
/
Length l of the tommy bar = l +D3
1
This gives l/= 1027/400 = 2.56m
Bending Stress
The bar is subjected to a bending moment of value 1027 Nm.
This means to avoid bending we may write:
/32d13ty =1027
where d1 is the tommy bar diameter
Take a M.S bar of ty = 448MPa.

d1 = 0.0285m

Let d1 = 30 mm and we choose d2 = 40mm

5. Other dimensions
D = (1.5 to 1.7) d
Let D = 112 mm
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D = D/2= 56 mm
4
Let L = 100 mm and t = 10 mm
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Frame

t = 0.25 d = 18mm , D = 2.25 D = 270 mm, D = 1.75 D = 473 mm, t = t /2 = 9 mm.

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