There is no fixed machine design procedure for when the new machine element of the machine is being designed a number of options have to be considered. When designing machine one cannot apply rigid rules to get the best design for the machine at the lowest possible cost. The designer who develops the habit of following a…
Mechanical Design or Machine Design is the branch of Engineering Design. Machine design or Mechanical Design can lead to the formation of the entirely new machine or it can lead to improvement of the existing machine. Let us see what is machine design. What is Machine Design Mechanical Design or Machine Design is one of the important branches…
What is a Worm Gear? For transmitting power between two non-parallel and non-intersecting shafts worm gear is used. A typical worm gear looks like below: When you need very high reduction ratio and you have space constraints or don’t have the provision of using many gears, then you can think of using a worm gear…
The torque requirements of a gear box are normally drilled down from the application, where the gearbox is coupled. For example, in ready made concrete mixer machine, the main torque requirement and speed of the output shaft of the gear box comes from the rotating drum. And depending upon the gear reduction ratio the torque requirement is…
The vehicles and machineries with automatic transmission does not have a clutch, instead, it has a torque converter. But, how a torque converter works or solves the purpose of a clutch? To give you an idea, it works on the same principle as the fluid coupling. How a Torque Converter Works As the name suggests, it converts…
What is Worm Gear? A worm gear is gear train where one of the meshing gears is worm (a screw-like gear) and another one is a spur gear. For power transmission, input torque is applied to the worm and it rotates and transmits the torque to the spur gear. As a result the gear rotates. The…
What are Gear Trains? As the name indicates it is the train of gears. When more than one gear is arranged together for transmitting torque or power from one system to another system then the arrangement is called a gear train. The size of the gear trains can be very small (in a wristwatch) to…
Mechanical Seal Types There are various types and arrangement of the mechanical seals being used for the centrifugal pumps. Some of the commonly used ones are described below: 1) Pusher Type of Mechanical Seals: The pusher type of mechanical seals move axially along the rotating shaft or the sleeve to maintain the contact with the…
Flywheel Energy Storage is a potential energy storage system of the future. They leave a smaller carbon footprint and are one of the most important upcoming technologies of the future in the field of mechanics. Energy Storage Using Flywheels What is Flywheel Energy Storage? Flywheel Energy Storage is a technique in which energy in the…
This article gives step by step guidelines for a designer on how to systematically go about designing a work holding fixture with hydraulic clamping. Practical advice on what sort of inputs to be collected and how to use common sense in deciding the various design aspects are explained. Start With the Preliminary Steps Before Making the Design…