DELA CRUZ, JUAN G.

BSME 4-MA

MEPC 107L – MACHINE DESIGN 2 LAB

DESIGN PLATE 1 – FLAT BELTS

1. A 100-hp squirrel-cage, line-starting electric motor is used to drive a Freon

reciprocating compressor and turns at 1140 rpm; for the cast-iron motor pulley,
D1= 16 in; D=53 in, a flywheel; cemented joints; C = 8 ft. (a) Choose an appropriate
belt thickness and determine the belt width by the ALBA tables. (b) Using the
design stress of §17.6, compute the coefficient of friction that would be needed. Is
this value satisfactory? (c) Suppose that in the beginning, the initial tension was
set so that the operating F1/F2 = 2. Compute the maximum stress in a straight
part. (d) The approximate relation of the operating tensions and the initial tension
Fo is F11/2 + F21/2 = 2Fo1/2 . For the condition in (c), compute F o. Is it reasonable
compared to Taylor’s recommendation?
2. A belt drive is to be designed for F1/F2 =3, while transmitting 60 hp at 2700 rpm of
the driver D1; mw ≈ 85.1; use a medium double belt, cemented joint, a squirrel-
cage, compensator-motor drive with mildly jerking loads; center distance is
expected to be about twice the diameter of larger pulley. (a) Choose suitable iron-
pulley sizes and determine the belt width for a maximum permissible s = 300 psi.
(b) How does this width compare with that obtained by the ALBA procedure? (c)
Compute the maximum stress in the straight port of the ALBA belt. (d) If the belt
in (a) stretches until the tight tension F1= 525 lb, what is F1/F2?