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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF GEARLESS POWER

TRANSMISSON IN ANGULAR POSITIONS USING RODS
Mr.Parandhaman M.E., (Assistant Professor)

Santhosh Kumar.T, Ashish Kumar.R, Jeeva.S, Vinoth Kumar.V

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Velammal Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.

ABSTRACT
With the help of our project, we can transmit power efficiently without using gears by making use of links
connected with bolts. Three links slide relatively according to the motion given to the input shaft. One base is fixed
while the other base can move in a semicircular slot. Thus, we can achieve gearless power transmission at any angle
overcoming the constraint of gearless power transmission only at 90 degree using elbow rods mechanism.

KEY WORDS: Gearless power transmission, any angular position, bolted links, semi circular slot.

1.1 INTRODUCTION (intersecting) and coplanar shafts. As it replaces

Today’s world requires speed in each and
every field. Hence rapidness and quick working
is the most important factor to be considered
along with safety and cost. New machines and
techniques are being developed continuously to
manufacture various products at cheaper rates
and high quality with minimum production time
and high efficiency.
An essential requirement of the present
world is to achieve the objectives with maximum
efficiency at minimum cost. This requires least
manufacturing cost of replacement when any
instrument fails. And also that it performs the
intended function at a higher efficiency. For
transmitting motion and power from one shaft to
another which are non-parallel or intersecting
and coplanar, bevel gearing are generally
employed.
But there are some inherent
disadvantages associated with bevel and worm
gearing stated as complexity in manufacturing,
High cost of replacement. To overcome all these
difficulties we have a mechanism which
transmits motion between the two non – parallel
gears and transmits motion without the aid of
gears it is also called as ―Gearless Power
Transmission Mechanism.
As a reference we have designed the mechanism
for transmitting motion at right angle. However it
can also be employed for transmitting motion at
any angle to the driven shaft by using the pin
bent to conform to the angle between the shaft
(acute, obtuse or right angle). The motion study
and simulation of various mechanisms has been
frequently studied for several years. However in
certain industrial application “gearless
transmission” can also work at obtuse or accurate
angle plane can be compared to worm and worm
gear or bevel and pinion gear which can
invariably used in the industry for numerous
application. The engineer inconstantly conformed
to the challenges of bringing ideas and design in
to reality. New machines and techniques are
being developed continuously to manufacture
various products at cheaper rates and high
quality.
2.1 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
Transmits the power between two shafts
whose axes are at 90 ̊ through bent

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links.Three links slide relatively according to
the motion given to the input shaft. Due to
this, the rotational motion of input shaft is
converted to rotational motion of output
shaft. Translating rotational motion around
an axis usually involves gears, which can
quickly become complicated, inflexible and
clumsy-looking, often ugly
So, instead of using gears, this technology
elegantly converts rotational motion using a
set of cylindrical bars, bent to 90º, in a
clever, simple and smooth process that
translates strong rotational force even in
restricted spaces.
A gearless transmission is provided for
transmitting rotational velocity from an input
connected to three bent links.
Both the input shaft and the housing have rotational
axes. The rotational axis of the input shaft is
disposed at an angle of 90° with respect to
the rotational axis of the housing.
FIGURE2.1. Experimental setup
2.2 METHODOLOGY
Power transmission is a process to transmit
motion from one shaft to another by using some
connection between them like belt, rope, chain,
and gears. To connect the shafts, mainly two
types of connectors are used, one is flexible and
other is rigid. In flexible types of connection,
there is relative velocity between shaft and
connectors due to slip and strain produced in the
connectors. But in case of rigid connection, there
is no relative velocity between the connector and
shaft.A toothed wheel that engages another
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toothed mechanism in order to change the speed
or direction of transmitted motion.
FIGURE 2.2 Method of Transmission
2.3 WORKING
The input power is transmitted towards
the output side such a way that the angular
forces produced in the driving shaft are
transmitted with the help of rods which
takes up the input power.The angular drive is
transferred towards the output using bolted
links assembly. Hence very little friction
plays while the power is being transmitted.
we can transmit efficiently without using
gears by making use of links connected
with bolts one base is fixed while the
other base can move in a semi circular
shaft thus we achieve gearless power
transmission at any angle overcoming the
constraint at gearless power transmission
only at 900 using elbow rods Hence
rapidness and quick working is the most
important. Now a days for achieving
rapidness, various machines and equipments
are manufactured by man. The engineer
inconstantly conformed to the challenges of
bringing ideas and design in to reality. New
machines and techniques are being
developed continuously to manufacture
various products at cheaper rates and high
quality.
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FIGURE 2.5. Pulley

2.5 BRIGHT MATERIAL

FIGURE 2.3. Gearless transmission at any angle
2.4 COMPONENTS
A ball bearing is a type of
rolling-element bearing that uses balls to
maintain the separation between the moving parts
of the bearings - the inner and outer part of the
bearings. The purpose of a ball bearing is to
reduce rotational friction and support radial and
axial loads. Four bearings are used in this project
which is made up of cast iron.
It is a machine dawned. The main basic
difference between mild steel and bright metal is
that mild steel plates and bars are forged in the forging
machine by means is not forged. But the materials are
drawn from the dies in the plastic state. Therefore the
material has good surface finish than mild steel
and has no carbon deposits on its surface for
extrusion and formation of engineering materials
thus giving them a good surface finish and
though retaining their metallic properties
3.1 SPECIFICATIONS

FRAME MS

MOTOR STD

FIGURE 2.4. Bearings SHAFT MS

A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft that is HOUSING MS
designed to support movement and change of
direction of a taut cable, supporting shell is BENT MS
referred to as a "block." Pulley does not LINK
dissipate or store energy, then its mechanical
advantage is the number of parts of the rope that PULLEY CI
act on the load. This can be shown as follows.
BELT LEATHER
NUT BOLT MS
WASHER

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3.2 FORMULA USED FOR CALCULATION
Power of motor = ¼ H.P = 746 x .25 = 186.5 N- m /s
Rpm of motor = 1440 rpm
Power of motor = P = 186.5 watt.
P = 2 π N TP /60
Where, N = rpm of motor = 1440rpm
T = Torque transmitted
186.5 = 2π×140×T/60
T = 1.23 N-m
T = 1238 N-mm
Design stresses Allowable bending stress
(σb) = 0.46 * Ultimate Tensile Strength Allowable
torsion stress τ = 0.22 * Ultimate Tensile Strength
So, σb = 0.46 * 670 = 308.2 N/mm² τ = 0.22 * 670 =
147.4 N/mm²
Taking Factor of safety for design of the system as 2
4.1RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
We all know that alternate source of power is the
future of energy. Instead of using a electrically
driven motor, we are going to develop a special
system that can transmit power without any
electricity required.This power can be
transmitted for infinite life period under optimum
working conditions.We are calling it- “THE
PERPERTUAL MOTION DRIVING
SYSTEM”
FIGURE 4.1 Perpectual device
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It becomes quite clear from the analysis that hub
always remain safe at all defined values of rpm.
But this is not the case with elbow rod, as shown
in motion study section at 140 rpm speed
moment value (red) surpass the allowable
moment value. Thus we found that elbow rods
are safe below 140 rpm i.e. ranges between 15 to
120 rpm. The stress value in case of 140 rpm is
fairly high as compared with same at 120 rpm.
Thus simulation results satisfy motion analysis
results. The rod a simulated for 5 second and von
mises stress distribution is obtained. It is
observed that hub remains safe at all values of
rpm where as elbow rods reaches its allowable
stress value at 140 rpm. It means that for smooth
and safe running of mechanism it should be kept
below 140 rpm. With this study it is concluded
that gearless transmission mechanism is capable
of running upto 120 rpm under normal
conditions. Further fatigue analysis is
recommended for gearless transmission
mechanism.
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