Tutorial on Plummer Block

Hareesha N G
Assistant Professor
Dept of Aeronautical Engg
Dayananda Sagar College of Engg
Bangalore-78

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 2.Plummer Block

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Part – 1: Body:
1. Create the sketch as shown in figure
2. Use Protrusion command to create the 3D feature, width 36 mm

3. Use mirror copy feature (smart option), mirror other side of the body
Select feature
Right click to accept
Select mirror plane
Finish

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Part – 1: Body:
1. Select top surface plane,
2. Create the sketch on top face of the body as shown in figure
3. Use cutout command to create the 3D feature shown in figure, show outside cutout
while creating cutout.
4. Use from/ to option, select top and bottom surface of the body

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Part – 1: Body:
1. Select bottom plane, Create the sketch by selecting bottom face as shown in figure
3. Use cut out, depth 2 mm.

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Part – 1: Body:
1. Select bottom plane,
2. Create the sketch by selecting bottom face as shown in figure
3. Use cut out command to create the 3D feature, depth through all.

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Part – 1: Body:
Use mirror copy feature (smart option), mirror all features to other side of the body
Select all features to be mirrored (Hold Ctrl Key and edge bar to select)
Right click to accept

Select mirror plane
Finish

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Part – 1: Body:
1. Select top surface
2. Use hole command to create the 3D feature shown in figure using
parameters shown

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Part – 2: cup:
1. Select YZ plane,
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use protrusion command to create
the 3D feature, width 36 mm

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Part – 2: cup:
1. Select top surfece
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use cutout command to create the 3D
feature shown in figure, show outside
cutout while using the command

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Part – 2: cup:
1. Select top surface
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use cutout command to create the 3D feature shown in figure

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Part – 2: cup:
1. Create a plane tangent to top surface
2. Hole command to create the 3D feature
shown in figure using parameters defined

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Part – 3: Bottom half bearing
1. Select YZ plane,
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use revolved protrusion command to create
the 3D feature shown in figure, use 180o

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Part – 3: Bottom half bearing
1. Select YZ plane,
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use revolved protrusion command to create the 3D
feature shown in figure, revolution 180o

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Part – 3: Bottom half bearing
1. Select left surface
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use cutout command to create the 3D feature shown in figure

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Part – 4: Bearing top half
1. Save the previous part (part.3- Bottom half) file as
Bearing top half
2. Delete unwanted, create hole as shown.

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Part - 5: Bolt M10
1. Select top plane, create sketch as shown in fig.
2. Select xz plane, create sketch as shown, use revolved cut out to create bolt
chamfer as shown.

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Part – 6: Nut M10
1. Select top plane
2. Crete the sketch as shown in figure
3. Use symmetric protrusion command, height-8mm to create features as
shown in figure. Create threaded hole as shown.

4. Select XZ plane, create sketch as shown in fig. use revolved cutout (outside cut) to create
features as shown in figure. Mirror to other side.

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Part – 7: Lock Nut M10
Save the previous file( M10 Nut) as lock Nut M10, change the
protrusion height to 5mm.

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• Part-6: Shaft
• Select YZ plane, create sketch as shown in fig.

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