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Part THREE Design Details and Other Machine Elements
Bevel Gear Speed Reducer, Single-Reduction Child’s Ferris Wheel
Design a complete single-reduction, bevel gear–type Design a child’s Ferris wheel. It should be capable of
speed reducer. Use any of the data from Chapter 10, holding one to four children weighing up to 80 lb (356 N)
Problems 14–17. each. The rotational speed should be 1 rev in 6.0 s. It
should be driven by an electric motor.
Wormgear Speed Reducer, Single-Reduction
Design a complete single-reduction, wormgear-type
Merry-Go-Round
speed reducer. Use any of the data from Chapter 10, Design an amusement ride for small children, age 6 or
Problems 18–24. younger, that they can sit in safely while enjoying an
interesting motion pattern. At least two children at a
Lift Device Using Acme Screws time can ride the machine. The ride will be marketed to
shopping centers and department stores to amuse cus-
Design a device similar to that sketched in Figure 17–4. tomers’ children.
An electric motor drives the worm at a speed of 1750 rpm.
The two Acme screws rotate and lift the yoke, which Backyard Amusement Ride
in turn lifts the hatch. See Example Problem 17–1 for
additional details. Complete the entire unit, including Design a backyard amusement ride in which small
the wormgear set, the chain drive, the Acme screws, the coaster wagons are pulled along a circular path. The ride
bearings, and their mountings. The hatch is 48 in wide should be powered by an electric motor. Each wagon
and 155 in long and its weight is 25 000 lb. The screws is 1.0 m long (39.4 in) and 0.50 m wide (19.7 in). The
should be nominally 30 in (762 mm) long. The total four wheels are 150 mm (6.0 in) in diameter. The wagon
motion of the yoke will be 24 in, to be completed in is to be attached to the drive rod at the point where the
15.0 s or less. handle would normally be. The radial distance to the
attachment point is to be 2.0 m (6.6 ft). The wagons are
Lift Device Using Ball Screws to make 1 rev in 8.0 s. Provide a means of starting and
stopping the drive.
Repeat the design of the lift device, using ball screws
instead of Acme screws. Transfer Device
Brake for a Drive Shaft Design a device to move automotive camshafts between
processing stations. Each movement is to be 9.0 in (229
Design a brake. A rotating load (as sketched in mm). The camshaft is to be supported on two unfin-
F igure P22–9) is to be stopped from 775 rpm in ished bearing surfaces having a diameter of 3.80 in
0.50 s or less. Use any type of brake described in (96.5 mm) and an axial length of 0.75 in (19.0 mm).
Chapter 22, and complete the design details, includ- The spread between the bearing surfaces is 15.75 in
ing the actuating means: springs, air pressure, manual (400.0 mm). Each camshaft weighs 16.3 lb (72.5 N).
lever, and so on. Show the brake attached to the shaft One motion cycle is to be completed each 2.50 s. Design
of Figure P22–9. the complete mechanism, including the drive from an
electric motor.
Brake for a Winch
Design a complete brake for the application shown in
Chain Conveyor
Figure P22–11 and described in Problem 11 in Chapter 22. Design a powered, straight chain conveyor to move eight
pallets along an assembly line. The pallets are 18 in long
Indexing Drive and 12 in wide. The maximum weight of each pallet and
the product it carries is 125 lb. At the end of the con-
Design an indexing drive for an automatic assembly sys- veyor, an external downward force of 500 lb is applied
tem. The items to be moved are mounted on a square to the product which must be carried through the pallet
steel fixture plate, 6.0 in (152 mm) on a side and 0.50 in to the conveyor structure. You may design the configura-
(12.7 mm) thick. The total weight of each assembly is tion of the sides and bottom of the pallet.
10.0 lb (44.5 N). The center of each fixture (intersection
of its diagonals) is to move 12.0 in (305 mm) with each
index. The index is to be completed in 1.0 s or less, and
“You Are the Designer” Projects
the fixture must be held stationary at each station for a At the beginning of each chapter in this book, a section
minimum of 2.0 s. Four assembly stations are required. called You Are the Designer appeared in which you were
The arrangement may be linear, rotary, or any other, asked to imagine that you were the designer of some
provided that the fixtures move in a horizontal plane. device or system. Choose any of those projects.
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