Shafts Flashcards
This is the component of all mechanical devices that transmits motion and power. Usually carries attachments such as gears, belt sheaves, or chain sprockets.
Shaft
This is a rotating device on which a wheel is mounted. Loaded transversely and are subject to bending.
Axle
This is a slender pin or rod which turns, or on which something else turns. Usually used to directly carry a tool for doing work. Must be very accurately installed.
Spindle
This is the part of the spindle, shaft or axle that rotates in or on a bearing
Journal
Shafting is available in various materials and finishes. These materials include low to high carbon steels as well as various stainless steels. Their finishes include: (4)
Hot and cold rolled, ground, and plated.
Selection of a material for a shaft is influenced by: (6)
Torque, speed requirements, components and their mounting methods, Compression and tensile limits, Contraction, bowing or expansion limits, Cost
This finishing process leaves a dark, rough, oxidized finish on steel. Size tolerance, concentricity and straightness have not been strictly controlled at the mill. For these reasons, bar stock is not intended to be directly incorporated into finished products and generally requires finishing by some machining process.
Hot rolling
Finished shafting has a smooth surface finish and is manufactured to close tolerances. They can be directly incorporated into finished products, however their costs can be greatly increased. What are the finishing methods used? (5)
Cold rolling, Machining, Centreless grinding, Grinding and polishing, Chrome plating
This is a basic cold finished steel in the low carbon range that welds readily. Used for general shafting purposes. Not recommended for high speed or high stress. Diameters maintained to a minus tolerance.
AISI C1018
The diameter of AISI C1018 is maintained to a minus tolerance. What does this allow?
Allows imperial size mounted bearings to be installed directly to the shaft.
To fit metric size mounted and unmounted, a larger size bore is selected and and a section machined to size.
AISI C1045/C1050 is also knows as:
Precision shafting
This shaft material is precision ground and polished. Made from medium carbon steels and distortion free. Can be used in high speed applications. Also available with a chrome plated finish for use as hydraulic piston rods and shafts.
AISI C1045/C1050
All sizes of _____ shafting and precision shafting over _____” are supplied in fibre tubes.
Chromed shafting and 1 1/4”
This alloy is hard, wear resistant and corrosion resistant
Chrome alloy
This alloy gives a long durability
High manganese alloy
This alloy has a high inherent strength
Nickel chrome steel alloys
These alloys are tough, corrosion resistant and wear resistant
Brass and bronze alloy
This alloy is a general purpose, medium carbon, chrome-molybdenum-steel alloy. It has high strength and is quite ductile, suitable for use as gears, axles and shafts.
AISI 4140
This shafting is used for power transmissions mostly on shaft mounted reducers. It’s easier to handle.
Hollow shafting
Hollow shafting has considerable weight loss while minimizing:
Strength loss
4” Dia. shaft with a 2” Dia. bore loses 25% weight but only 6.25% strength
This type of shafting is used where wear and corrosion are great
Alloy shafting
Shafts can be used to: (8)
- Transfer torque,
- Support equipment,
- Permit equipment to pivot to transfer motion,
- Permit a driven component to slide along shaft while transferring power,
- Extend the length of a drive,
- Change rotary motion to reciprocating motion,
- Provide supports for loads applied axially,
- Act as guides for slides
Proper labeling is the best way to identify shaft materials, but other methods are observing: (5)
- Surface finish,
- colour,
- weight,
- magnetic properties,
- results from spark tests, hammer and chisel tests and file tests
Stress can be defined as:
The internal resistance offered by a unit area of a material to an externally applied load
Normal stresses are either: (2)
Tensile or compressive
This stress tends to stretch or lengthen the shaft
Tensile stress
This stress tends to compress or shorten a shaft
Compressive stress
This stress is a combination of tensile and compressive stresses
Bending stress
This stress occurs when the applied force tends to cut through the shaft
Shear stress
An example of shear is the tendency of a key to shear off at the section between the shaft and hub
There is a direct relationship between the power, rotational speed and torque in a shaft transmitting power. When torque or twisting moment is applied, it tends to deform by twisting, causing rotation of one part of the shaft relative to another. When this stress is not distributed uniformly, this is:
Torsional shear