Laboratory work №3.

«Conceptual/Preliminary design of the Roller Module for cargo hold and

container compartment».

The aim of the laboratory work: Skill mastering in the designing Equipment for
cargo hold and container compartment floor.
The objectives of the laboratory work:
- Study of the modern designs of the Roller Floor Modules.
- Development of the procedures for the preliminary design of the Roller
modules for the cargo or passenger aircraft.

Terms, definitions and examples.

Try to formulate your own definition of the Roller Module
The proposed procedure.
1. Define the number of Roller Modules installed on one m2 in the selected
aircraft.
This selected airplane is An-26, in this laboratory work, I will design the roller
system for the An-26.
The parameters of An-26 cargo hold.
Length :11.2m
Width :2.25m
Height:1.65m
The length of the roller system: 10.2m
The numbers of the roller tracks: 3, they are on the left, right, and center
respectively.
The number of roller modules installed on 1 m2
In the longitudinal direction, there are 6 rollers, and in the horizontal direction,
there are 3 rollers.
In the 2.25 m2, there are 18 rollers.
 On the 1m2, there are
18
n= =8 rollers/m2
2.25
The roller tray will be designed 10.2m, between two frames, there are 3 rollers
will be installed.
The numbers of roller in one tray
10.2
z= ×3 ≈ 61
0.5
2. Define the preliminary dimensions of one Roller Module.

3. Load on one Roller Module.

For the An-26, the max area load is 400kg /m2;
There are 6 rollers/m2;
The load on one roller is equal:
400
the load on one roller= =50 kg /m 2
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4. Constructional material for Roller Module Components.
In China, for the roller axis, we use 30CrMnSIA that is alloy steel. It is
 widely used as shaft for aircraft. The mechanical properties are as follows:

For the rollers, I select the aluminum 2024-T3. The 2024-T3 is mainly used
for making various high load parts and components.
For the installation tray, I think the aluminum alloy is better, so I use the
7A04, which is Super-hard aluminum alloy, widely is used for main load bearing
elements.
5. The dimensions of primary components.
The diameter of the axis can be calculated according to the formula:
4∙ S 4 ×500
d=
√ √ =
( π ∙i∙ z ∙ τ cp ) ( 3.14 ×2 ×1 ×250 ×106 )
=1.2 mm

We can get if the diameter of axis more than 1.2mm, this axis can bear the
load of the cargo. Then we choose the diameter of axis is 12mm.
Select bearings
the load to the axis is radial load which is subjected from max area load, and
axial load that is subjected from tray. we can use double row angular contact ball
bearing
The we can get the load from the radial is light, I use the ball bearing.
The internal diameter of the bearing is 12mm, that suit for axis.

6. Select method for the lubrication.

There is contact between the bearing rings and rolling element when the
bearing rotates. This contact will lead to friction and wear. To prevent this, we
should use lubrication
For the rollers, the load is low-speed rotation, and consider the sealing
device, I think the grease lubrication is great.
 The method of lubrication is that put the grease fills the bearing. Then the
grease is filled into the grease sector inside the house through the grease nipple,
following into the inside of the bearing,
Supplementary material can be found in the presentation of the lecture
“Aircraft Roller Systems”