Questions tagged [shafts]
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Calculation and selection of shafts and gears
This is a solar tracker
The top weight is about 6 kg
What is the minimum torque required to rotate the upper part?
What shaft is needed?
And the diameter of the gear?
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Gear shaft with 2 different diameters
Where can i find a gear shaft around 6 inches long thats keyed and has a half inch diameter on one half and 3/4 inch diameter on other
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In what practical use case would you choose to incorporate multilayered bearings i.e. bearing within a bearing?
Considering every aspect of engineering like durability, efficiency, cost vs service-life and all the possible mechanical issues,
Is there any practical advantage in using multilayered bearings? What ...
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Shaft undergoes torsion and centrifugal stress
I use this model to get the tangential and radial stress formulas but I want to examine a system also undergoes a torsion under constant speed. I'm a little confused at this point, do I need to point ...
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How to build bench with a rocking top rectangular section?
I want to build a metal bench, maybe 2m x 50cm x 40cm(W). A bit like a weights bench. The flat top rectangular section you sit or lay on should rock maybe 30 degrees to each side. What parts would be ...
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Why aren't tricycles use cardan shafts?
All the tricycles I saw use chains. It looks far from being efficient comparing the regular bike:
Notice how long the chain is. They have to use 2 chain idlers. The back path is inside the curved ...
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How to adapt a threaded drive shaft to a keyed shaft (for use with V-belt pulleys)?
I am sure there is a very simple answer to this question, but with no formal mechanical engineering education, I don't know what it is.
I have a 2.5 HP, 3,450 RPM continuous duty electric motor with a ...
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How (or should I) to connect a D-shaft to a load, through a bearing?
I have a gear with a D-shaft that is intended to directly drive a turntable. Something relatively heavy at very low speeds and with not much torque, if it's important.
I really don't want the gear to ...
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Are double universal (Cardan) joints exactly constant velocity?
Some double universal joints use a centering joint to ensure that the angle of the input and output are equal to maintain a constant velocity through the joint. From what I can tell, this centering ...
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3" shaft high wear
A 3" drive shaft 27" long with keyway.
Application
40 ft long mixing tank
Limestone 40% mix with water
RPM 60, temperature 70 °F - 200 °F
Shaft supported by hard iron static bearing
1045-...
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Moment at the end of the shaft, after a bearing?
I have an application with an interchangeable load. That can be swapped in a machine.
The bearing and break are both mounted to different sides of the same plate
The load is placed on two shafts that ...
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Is there a way to 'switch OR engage/disengage' power between two different rotating shafts depending on a set RPM (wind speed)?
I'm a final year mechanical eng student, I'm working on designing a prototype of a 'Hybrid vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT)". This hybrid turbine consists of two types of VAWTs Savonius & ...
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Is there a special wrench used to remove this servo tachometer?
I tried using a pulley puller with moderate force to remove the tachometer but it didn’t seem so budge (although I didn’t use heat to soften potential adhesive inside).
Looking at the shaft I can see ...
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