BALANCING OF ROTATING MASSES PLATE NO.

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NAME: TUMULAK, IJE
DATE: JAN. 17, 2022

FORCE POLYGON COUPLE POLYGON

SCALE: 1 in = 2.5 oz SCALE: 1 in = 20 oz-in2

F2
F3
CPR(O')
CA CB2
FPR(O') CB1

FPR(O) 15.5299 26.0166

F1

MECHANISM DIAGRAM
SCALE FOR MASSES: 0.5 in = 1 oz

POSITION OF ANGULAR POSITION OF

PLANES OF MASSES MASSES

3 oz 1
2
2 oz

1 2
PRO' PRO'
4 in. 35°
4 in. 30°

4 oz

3
3

PRO
A PRO B PRO'

4 in.
4 in. 12 in.
 CENTRIFUGAL FORCES AND COUPLES
DIST.
𝟐 COUPLE/𝝎𝟐
MASS RADIUS FORCE/𝝎 FROM REF.
PLANE 𝑀𝑟ℓ (𝑜𝑧 ∙
𝑀, (𝑜𝑧) 𝑟, (𝑖𝑛) 𝑀𝑟, (𝑜𝑧 ∙ 𝑖𝑛) PLANE
𝑖𝑛2 )
ℓ, (𝑖𝑛)
A 3 20 60 −4 −240
PRO 1.9124 20 38.2475 0 0
2 20 40 4 160
B
4 12 48 4 192
PRO’ 1.626 20 32.52 16 520.32

SOLUTION:
FROM THE COUPLE POLYGON
𝐶𝐴 + 𝐶𝐵1 + 𝐶𝐵2 = 𝐶𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ )

SOLVING FOR 𝐶𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) (BY MEASUREMENTS),

20 𝑜𝑧 ∙ 𝑖𝑛2
𝐶𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) = 26.0166 𝑖𝑛 ( ) = 𝟓𝟐𝟎. 𝟑𝟐 𝒐𝒛 ∙ 𝒊𝒏𝟐
1 𝑖𝑛

SOLVING FOR 𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂′),

𝐶𝑃𝑅(𝑂′) 520.32 𝑜𝑧 ∙ 𝑖𝑛2
𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂′) = = = 𝟑𝟐. 𝟓𝟐 𝒐𝒛 ∙ 𝒊𝒏
ℓ 16 𝑖𝑛
SOLVING FOR THE 𝑀𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) ,
𝐶𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) 520.32 𝑜𝑧 ∙ 𝑖𝑛2
𝑀𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) = = = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟐𝟔 𝒐𝒛
320 𝑖𝑛2 320 𝑖𝑛2
FROM THE FORCE POLYGON
𝐹1 + 𝐹2 + 𝐹3 + 𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂′) = 𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂)

SOLVING FOR THE 𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂) , (BY MEASUREMENTS),

𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂) = 𝑀𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) 𝑟𝑃𝑅(𝑂′ ) = (15.5299 𝑖𝑛)(2.5 𝑜𝑧) = 𝟑𝟖. 𝟐𝟒𝟕𝟓 𝒐𝒛 ∙ 𝒊𝒏

SOLVING FOR 𝑀𝑃𝑅(𝑂) ,

𝐹𝑃𝑅(𝑂) 38.2475 𝑜𝑧 ∙ 𝑖𝑛
𝑀𝑃𝑅(𝑂) = = = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟏𝟐𝟒 𝒐𝒛
20 20