Chapter18-Power Screws and Ball Screws

Ex1-pg399

import math

print('MACHINE DESIGN \n Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. \n EXAMPLE-18.1 Page No.399\n');

##Torque
Dp=(1.5+1.208)/2.;
F=5800.;
L=1/3.;
f=0.15;

Tup=(F*Dp/4.)*(L+math.pi*f*Dp)/(math.pi*Dp-f*L);

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Torque up = ',Tup,' in-lb.');

MACHINE DESIGN 
 Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. 
 EXAMPLE-18.1 Page No.399


 Torque up =  453.68  in-lb. 

Ex2-pg400

import math
 
print('MACHINE DESIGN \n Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. \n EXAMPLE-18.2 Page No.400\n');

##Lead angle
L=1/3.;
Dp=1.354;
LA=math.atan(L/(math.pi*Dp));

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Lead angle = ',LA*180/math.pi,'deg');

##Efficiency
f=0.15;
e=math.tan(LA)*(1-f*math.tan(LA))/(math.tan(LA)+f);

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Efficiency = ',e*100,'');

##Power
n=175.;
T=454.;
P=T*n/63000.;
Pt=P*2.;

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Power = ',P,' hp per lead screw.');

if f>math.tan(LA):
    print('\n It is self-locking');

MACHINE DESIGN 
 Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. 
 EXAMPLE-18.2 Page No.400


 Lead angle =  4.48 deg 

 Efficiency =  33.91  

 Power =  1.26  hp per lead screw. 

 It is self-locking

Ex3-pg402

import math

print('MACHINE DESIGN \n Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. \n EXAMPLE-18.3 Page No.402\n');
L=1/4.;

Dp=1.375;
LA=math.atan(L/(math.pi*Dp));

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Lead angle =  .',LA*180./math.pi,'deg');

##Torque
phi=14.5*math.pi/180.;
f=0.15;
F=5800.;
Tup=(F*Dp/4.)*(math.cos(phi)*math.tan(LA)+f)/(math.cos(phi)-f*math.tan(LA));

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Torque = ',Tup,' in-lb.');

##Power
n=175.*4./3.;
P=Tup*n/63000.;

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Power = ',P,' hp per lead screw.')

MACHINE DESIGN 
 Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. 
 EXAMPLE-18.3 Page No.402


 Lead angle =  . 3.31 deg 

 Torque =  428.13  in-lb. 

 Power =  1.59  hp per lead screw. 

Ex4-pg405

import math
 
print('MACHINE DESIGN \n Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. \n EXAMPLE-18.4 Page No.405\n');

##Torque
L=0.5;
F=5800./2.;
T=0.177*F*L;

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Torque = ',T,' in-lb.');

##Power
n=175.*2./3.;
P=T*n/63000.;

print'%s %.2f %s '%('\n Power = ',P,' hp.');

MACHINE DESIGN 
 Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E. 
 EXAMPLE-18.4 Page No.405


 Torque =  256.65  in-lb. 

 Power =  0.48  hp.