Analysis of coning and lubrication at flexspline cup and cam interface in conventional harmonic drives
| Autor: | Asok Kumar Ray, Bikash Routh, Rathindranath Maiti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Engineering
Characteristic length business.industry Mechanical Engineering Findings methods Mechanical engineering Fluid bearing 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Surfaces Coatings and Films law.invention 020303 mechanical engineering & transports General Energy 0203 mechanical engineering law Deflection (engineering) Lubrication Harmonic drive Boundary value problem Lubricant 0210 nano-technology business |
| Zdroj: | Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 69:817-827 |
| ISSN: | 0036-8792 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ilt-07-2016-0150 |
| Popis: | Purpose In a harmonic drive during assembly of its components like strain wave generating (SWG) cam, flexspline (FS) and circular spline, a gap is formed between the cam’s outer surface and the FS cup inner surface due to mismatching. This gap, which is known as “Coning”, plays a vital role in the flow of lubricant at that interface. This paper aims to analyse the coning phenomenon and the lubrication mechanism. Design/methodology/approach In the present investigation, the geometry of the coning gap and its variation with the SWG cam rotation are established. Essentially, the deflection of FS cup and deformation of SWG cam (bearing outer race) are derived to find the gap due to coning. Next, the hydrodynamic lubrication equation is solved to get pressure profiles for this gap under suitable boundary conditions assuming non-Newtonian lubrication. Findings Methods of estimating the coning gap and lubrication pressure profiles are established. Effects of non-Newtonian terms (coupling number and non-dimentionalized characteristic length) and SWG length (finite, long and short) on pressure profiles are also shown. All analyses are done in non-dimensionalized form. Originality/value Establishing the geometry of coning and non-Newtonian hydrodynamic lubrication aspects in the coning in the FS cup and SWG cam interface are the originality of the present investigation. |
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