anual ‘more of der; sieving Deeding up Can you aracteristics 2 of he vibration alysed in ent y system by HVT 12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manuat APPARATUS DESCRIPTION Vertical Supports li LVDT Sensor [7 - ey ae ro re =~ = The HVT12g Free and Forced Vibrations module mounts inside the HVT12f Vibrations frame. ‘The HVT12f Vibrations frame consists of a number of rigid vertical and horizontal members each having profiled grooves running along their length. Within these grooves are fitted special profiled nuts, which allow all the component parts of HVT12g to be fitted into position. For further details on the HVT12¥ vibrations Frame see the separate instruction manual The core components of the HVT12g module are: Rigid stee! beam Beam Pivot Motor exciter (HAC120 ~ supplied separately) Spring Vertical Support Damping tank Damperimass support NOBRENS= More detail of each core component follows. akin at ater Tvri2aMeo TnHVT 12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manual RIGID. The rigid steel beam has the following dimensions and mass: Dimensions (nominal): 25.4mm (W) x 12.7mm (H) x 840mm (L) Mass = 2.097 - 2.101kg The beam fits into a beam pivot arrangement that is attached to the inner vertical member of the HVT12f frame. F e ay ; The beam pivot has a ground steel shaft which runs in two precision bearings for accuracy of movement and reduced friction. One end of the beam can be slid into the beam pivot and locked into position using the fixing screw and hexagon wrench supplied The beam pivot restricts the movement of the beam to One-Degree-of-Freedom (DOF), in the vertical plane of the HVT12f vibration Frame. ere Ler to the HVT12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manual SPRING ~ Studding Clamp Block Knobs ee . . e HVT12f Frame - Spring Beam Special Clamp The free end of the rigid steel beam is suspended by a spring. The spring is attached to the beam using a special clamp. The clamp can be adjusted so that the spring can be moved along the beam and fixed into position. The other end of the spring has a long length of studding attached. This studding runs up through two clamp blocks either side of the top horizontal member of the HVT12f Vibrations Frame. The clamp blocks allow the spring to be adjusted along the length of the beam and when in the position required, the clamp blocks are rigidly clamped to the frame. The knobs on either side of the clamp blocks can then be adjusted to raise and lower the beam into a horizontal position When the beam level has been adjusted the knobs are fully tightened thus making 2 rigid support for the spring HVTI2a MEO ars areneHVT 12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manual The spring dimensions and rate are as follows: Dimensions (nominal): Outside Diameter (OD) = 31.75mm Wire diameter = 3.25mm Free length = 152.40mm Spring rate (calculated): 2.50N/mm Mass = 0.114kg MOTOR EXCITER (HAC120) ~ SOLD SEPARATELY Motor [tt Putey Wheel [ Proximity — ‘Sensor Timing Belt Bearing Block 72t Pulley =| Eccentric Wheel | The motor exciter is rigidly attached to the beam and can be adjusted to be Positioned anywhere along the beams main length. The motor exciter consists of a horizontal motor onto which is attached an 18-tooth pulley wheel ‘Suspended below the motor is a bearing block, which contains a ground steel shaft and two precision bearings. Attached onto the shaft at either side of the bearing block are two 72tooth aluminium pulley wheels. A pulley belt runs between the 18-tooth and 72-tooth pulley wheels. This gives a gear ratio of 1 : 4. Every revolution of the motor, the eccentric mass revolves 0.25 turns. HVTi2q/ MEO cnnity ack footh shaft g block agear Ins. HVT12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manual Attached to each of the 72-tooth pulley wheels are two eccentric masses. The eccentricity is caused by a hole that has been introduced into each mass. As the eccentric masses rotate they create a force on the beam, which increases with the ‘square of rotational frequency. The force is directed downwards onto the beam when the hole is at top dead centre. The eccentric masses have the following dimensions: Outside diameter = 137mm Diameter of hole in mass= 27.5mm Thickness = 6.35mm Radius to centre of hole = 45mm iss of each eccentric mass = 0.669kg (all holes taken into consideration) ‘Mass’ of each hole (nominal) = 0.029kg This force is the disturbing force for the rigid beam and you will see that as the masses rotate the beam is displaced vertically up and down. The speed of rotation of the eccentric masses is controlled by the speed controller unit (HAC110), which itself is powered from the tachometer unit (HAC90). The tachometer unit is powered using 240Vac/50Hz single phase live, neutral and earth. The tachometer then supplies 24Vdc to the speed controller, which in tun supplies 24Vdc to the motor. The frequency of rotation of the eccentric masses is observed from the HAC90 digital speed display. It is displayed in units of Hz. Aa awecamamaran Er TYHVT12g Free and Forced Vibrations Instruction Manual A proximity sensor attached to the back of the motor exciter (see diagram above) is used to generate the signal for the tachometer. As the hole in the rear eccentric mass passes the proximity sensor a signal pulse is generated and fed back to the tachometer. This signal pulse is in the shape of a square wave. The position of the motor exciter can be adjusted along the length of the beam by means of slackening the clamping screws and clamps, which surround the beam. The overall mass of the motor exciter including cables, is: 5.105kg + 0.1kg rer rary REET ETT