ME – 361

Design of Machine Elements

Muhammad Ilyas, PhD

 Flexible Mechanical Elements

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 Characteristics of Some Common Belt Types
 Belt types
 Flat  Crowned pulleys

 Round  Grooved pulleys (Sheaves)

 V  Grooved pulleys (Sheaves)

 Timing (synchronous)  Toothed wheels (Sprockets)

 Belt characteristics
 May be used for long center distances

 There is some slip and creep (except for Timing belts)

 In some cases an idler or tension pulley may be required

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 Characteristics of Some Common Belt Types

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 Various Configurations

Variable speed belt drives

Quarter twist belt drive
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 Various Configurations

Open belt

Crossed belt

Clutching action obtained from

shifting
6 Non reversing and Reversing Belt Drives
 Flat/Round Belt Geometry – Open Belt

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 Flat/Round Geometry – Crossed Belt

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 Conditions for flat belts

 Initial Tension must be:

 Provided

 Sustained

 In proper amount

 Maintained by routine inspection

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 Plot of Belt Tension vs. Initial Tension

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 Transmitted power for belts

•   The transmitted horsepower is give by:

 Forces are in

 Velocity is in

 Considering exigencies and service factor

 is design factor for exigencies

 is used for excursions (deviations) from nominal (Table 17–15)

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 Service Factors for flat, round and V-belts

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 Transmitted power for belts

•   Incoroporating the above:

 is allowable largest tension in ()

 B is belt width in ()

 is manufacturer’s allowed tension in ()

 is pulley correction factor (Table 17–4)

 = 1.0 for urethane belts

 velocity correction factor (Figure 17–9) for leather belts

 = 1.0 for other polyamide and urethane belts

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 Velocity Correction Factors

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 Pulley Correction Factor

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 Summary – Belt drive analysis

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 Belt Properties (US customary units)

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 Belt Properties (US customary units)

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 Belt Properties (SI units)

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 Belt Properties (SI units)

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 Minimum Pulley Sizes (US customary units)

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 Minimum Pulley Sizes (SI units)

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 Crown Height and ISO Pulley Diameters

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 Crown Height and ISO Pulley Diameters (SI units)

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 Example 17-1

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