Roller Screw and Threaded Chain Speed Reducer: An Experimental Evaluation

We are developing a speed reducer that can be considered a transformation of a worm gear reducer: the worm is replaced by an inverted roller screw, and the gear is replaced by a threaded chain drive. This configuration lessens wear, increases load capacity, and improves efficiency. The threaded chain consists of nut-shaped links. This paper presents the results of tests carried out on a prototype with a reduction ratio of 46.

Optimal Design of Tapered Roller Bearings Based on Multi⁃Physics Objectives Using Evolutionary Algorithms

Rolling element bearing is the most common machine element in rotating machinery.An extended life is among the foremost imperative standards in the optimal design of rolling element bearings,which confide on the fatigue failure,wear,and thermal conditions of bearings.To fill the gap,in the current work,all three objectives of a tapered roller bearing have been innovatively considered respectively,which are the dynamic capacity,elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication(EHL)minimum film⁃thickness,and maximum bearing temperature.These objective function formulations are presented,associated design variables are identified,and constraints are discussed.To solve complex non⁃linear constrained optimization formulations,a best⁃practice design procedure was investigated using the Artificial Bee Colony(ABC)algorithms.A sensitivity analysis of several geometric design variables was conducted to observe the difference in all three objectives.An excellent enhancement was found in the bearing designs that have been optimized as compared with bearing standards and previously published works.The present study will definitely add to the present experience based design followed in bearing industries to save time and obtain assessment of bearing performance before manufacturing.To verify the improvement,an experimental investigation is worthwhile conducting.

Discussion on Lightning Protection Design of "Feilongzaitian" Roller Coaster of Fangte in Zigong

The lightning protection design of "Feilongzaitian" roller coaster of Fangte in Zigong was discussed, and the lightning protection measures of "Feilongzaitian" roller coaster were analyzed from the aspects of direct lightning protection, grounding and lightning electromagnetic impulse protection.

Analysis of Vibrations of Roller of the Polymer Composite Coating Equipment on Stitches of Tarpaulin Materials

The article presents a structural diagram and the principle of operation of the installation of a sewing machine for applying a polymer composition to the stitch lines of tarpaulin materials. The calculation schemes and the mathematical model of oscillations of the axis of the composite roller during the application of the polymer composition along the lines of tarpaulin materials are presented. Based on the numerical solution of the problem, the regularities of roller oscillations are presented. The main parameters of the system are substantiated.

Nonlinear Dynamics Behaviors of a Rotor Roller Bearing System with Radial Clearances and Waviness Considered

A rotor system supported by roller beatings displays very complicated nonlinear behaviors due to nonlinear Hertzian contact forces, radial clearances and bearing waviness. This paper presents nonlinear bearing forces of a roller bearing under four-dimensional loads and establishes 4-DOF dynamics equations of a rotor roller bearing system. The methods of Newmark-β and of Newton-Laphson are used to solve the nonlinear equations. The dynamics behaviors of a rigid rotor system are studied through the bifurcation, the Poincar è maps, the spectrum diagrams and the axis orbit of responses of the system. The results show that the system is liable to undergo instability caused by the quasi-periodic bifurcation, the periodic-doubling bifurcation and chaos routes as the rotational speed increases. Clearances, outer race waviness, inner race waviness, roller waviness, damping, radial forces and unbalanced forces-all these bring a significant influence to bear on the system stability. As the clearance increases, the dynamics behaviors become complicated with the number and the scale of instable regions becoming larger. The vibration frequencies induced by the roller bearing waviness and the orders of the waviness might cause severe vibrations. The system is able to eliminate non-periodic vibration by reasonable choice and optimization of the parameters.

Roller转子密炼机聚合物流体的混沌混合特性

建立了Roller转子密炼机二维有限元模型,利用网格重叠技术,对密炼机流体的流动过程进行了数值模拟。利用粒子示踪技术,采用4阶Runge-Kutta法计算了不同转数和不同流体粒子释放位置的密炼机Poincaré截面、平均对数线拉伸及Lyapunov指数等混沌混合参数。从非线性混沌理论的视角研究了Roller转子密炼机的混沌混合机理。结果表明,在双转子周期性扰动的作用下,聚合物流体在密炼机内被反复地拉伸、折叠,且啮合区的Poincaré截面出现了典型的"马蹄形"混沌结构。随着混合周期的增加,平均线拉伸以指数形式增长,且Lyapunov指数大于零。Roller转子密炼机流体具有混沌对流的特征。

EQUATION OF MOTION FOR NOVEL FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM WITH DUAL ROLLERS

A novel friction pendulum system （FPS） with dual rollers is studied based on the multibody dynamics theory. By analyzing kinematic characteristics of the system, it is reduced to a one degree-of-freedom system. Then the equation of motion for the system is analytically derived by applying the theorem of the relative kinetic energy for a system of particles in differential form in the non-inertial reference system described as a nonlinear differential equation. In the case of the small angular displacement, the natural frequency of the corresponding undamped linear system is obtained, which is consistent with the experimental observation. The derived equation is useful for the study of dynamic characteristics of novel FPS, and its solution directly expedites the simulation of the system in a control loop, and further facilitates the semi-active control process including novel FPS.

Occurrence of Rice Leaf Roller in China and Its Identification and Prevention

Rice leaf roller （Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée） is a migratory pest, which mainly causes damage on rice. The morphology characteristic of rice leaf roller is introduced, which is also compared with the morphology characteristic of the other insects such as Susumia exigua Butler and Tryporyza incertulas （walker）. The occurrence law, living habit and selection of prevention pesticides against rice leaf roller in China are summarized, which will provide the intergrated situation of rice leaf roller in China for worldwide further research on the insect.

3D Design and Analysis of Crushing Roller of High-pressure Grinding Roller

Crushing roller is one of the main parts of High-p re ssure Grinding Roller, which is a kind of high efficient ore crushing equipment. A kind of assembled roller, which is more convenient to renovate worn surface b y simply replacing segmented surface of the roller, was developed. The structura l models of assembled roller’s components were designed with SolidWorks softwar e based on feature modeling, these solid models of the roller were virtually ass embled. Through this work, not only was the assemble interference checked out so as to examine validity of the structure design, but also these solid models cou ld be recognized by COSMOS/Works software, through which the finite element an alysis can be done. Then the stress and displacement of the main shaft and sur face segment in two different working states were analyzed and detected quickly according to the analysis results with COSMOS/Works. In conclusion, the optimum clearance of 1.0～2.0 mm between concave-convex studded segments is determined to make the using life of assembled roller longer.

Cement Grinding System Status of Roller Press

The working principle of cement roller press and current development of wear resistance on the cement grinding system status at home and abroad was described. The main improvement of previous research on the wear resistance of roller press was proposed from three aspects of wear-resistant material, roller press roller structure, and surface morphology.

Analysis on mechanism of axial drifting of cylinder workpiece on welding roller bed

The basic theory of the axial drifting of the cylinder on a welding roller ded is introduced in the the paper,at,the same time,experiment and study for the mechanism of axial drifting of the cylinder have been done on an experimental of the welding roller bed.It shows that the main cause of the axial drifting of the cylinder lies in the existence of spiral angle between cylinder and rollers.the relative axial motions between rollers and cylinder are composed of spiral motion,elastic slide and frictional slide.The theory of the compatible motion and the non-compatible one is put forward for the exial motions of the cylinder.The relative axial motion between rollers and cylinder is coordinated by elastic slides and frictional slides between two ones.

Banbury和Roller转子密炼机局部和全局混合特性

采用有限元法,利用Polyflow软件计算了Banbury和Roller两种转子密炼机检测线的速度、剪切速率和混合指数分布,对比分析了两种转子的局部混合特性。通过计算停留时间分布、对数拉伸率、平均混合效率和粒子束分布指数等混合参数,对比分析了两种转子密炼机的全局混合特性。在此基础上,研究了具有典型运动规律流体粒子的动力学特性,分析了密炼机流体的位移和速度突变产生的受力和混合突变特征,为深入理解密炼机流体的复杂混合机理提供了一定的理论参考。

Differences in Brake Data Results on Ministry of Transport Roller Bank Testers Such as： Maha, Ryme, with Different Distance between Rollers and Roughness of Rollers

This study gives a comparison between what occurs when braking on a MOT （Ministry of Transport） brake tester. The results from this research and the exhaustive comparative study carried out by the mechanical engineering staffs at the mechanical laboratory at MOT stations in cities such as： Elche, Pilar de la Horadada and Orihuela from Alicante region [2] have led to the following main conclusions： this paper demonstrates that MOT brake testing results can vary depending on parameters variation such as： distance between rollers, roller diameter, roughness of rollers and velocity of the brake test.

Clearance Influence on Dynamic Response of Intermittent Roller Chain Drive

The clearances appear in chain link hinges induced by manufacturing tolerance or wear of components are the most important factor that influences the dynamic performance of the intermittent roller chain drives. Due to the existence of the clearances in chain link hinges, the serious impact vibration phenomenon which influences the stability and the position accuracy of the chain drive system would be caused in the intermittent motion. But, the problem may be that a reasonable modeling on the chain with clearances is difficult due to the large clearance＇s number in chain system and the fact that the clearance＇ size are different. Currently, the studies on the dynamics of the intermittent roller chain considering the multi-clearance＇ joints are rare. Most research works have only focused on the constant moving chains. Taking the intermittent roller chain system as an object, this paper designs and builds the experimental device of this kind of mechanical system. The Longitudinal vibration response of the intermittent chain under the different motion laws was tested. The experimental study shows that the clearances presented in chain link hinges can cause severe impact vibration in the intermittent motion of chain. In subsequent work, the dynamic model of the intermittent roller chain system with the multi-clearance＇ joints was established. By calculating the dynamic response of this kind of mechanical system under the different motion laws, the effect of the clearances on the dynamic response of the intermittent chain drive system was analyzed. The theoretical simulation shows that the serious impact vibration phenomenon of the chain system can be caused by the clearances at the start accelerating period, and the chain drive system is often accompanied by the severe shock and vibration at the moment that the chain moves from the acceleration period to deceleration period. The research conclusions made by the experimental and theoretical studies indicate that the use of motion laws with small and continuous jerk at conversion point can effectively suppress the impact vibration at this point caused by clearances＇ effect. Additionally, the use of nonsymmetrical motion laws with small jerk approaching the end of the indexing period can obtain a smaller residual vibration. The presented motion law can provide an important reference for the improvement of the dynamic performance of the intermittent chain drive systems.

Kinematics and Path Following Control of an Articulated Drum Roller

Automatic navigation of an articulated drum roller, which is an articulated steering type vehicle widely used in the construction industry, is highly expected for operation cost reduction and improvement of work effi- ciency. In order to achieve the path following control, considering that its steering system is articulated steering and two frames are articulated by an active revolute joint, a kinematic model and an error dynamic state-space equation of an articulated drum roller are proposed. Besides, a state- feedback control law based on Lyapunov stability theory is also designed, which can be proved to achieve the purpose of control by the analysis of stability. What＇s more, to evaluate the performance of the proposed method, simu- lation under the MATLAB/Simulink and experiments using positioning algorithm and errors correction at the uneven construction site are performed, with initial dis- placement error （-1.5 m）, heading error （-0.11 tad） and steering angle （-0.19 rad）. Finally, simulation and exper- imental results show that the errors and steering angle can decrease gradually, and converge to zero with time. Meanwhile, the control input is not saturated. An articu- lated drum roller can lock into a desired path with the proposed method in uneven fields.

Study of Stress and Strain Distributions of First Pass Conventional Spinning Under Different Roller-trace

Based on simplified axisymmetrical forming model, a elasto-plastic FEM simulation system of multi-pass conventional spinning is developed. Taking the typical draw-spinning as the study object, and establishing reasonable mechanics model, research on the first pass of spinning process is carried out with FEM system developed. The distributions of the stress and strain are obtained by three types of roller-trace curves: straight line, involute curves and quadratic curves. The results are as follows: (1) The values of equivalent stress and strain are the lowest under involute curve compared to other two curves, and they change relatively small and decrease with the increase of radius. The values of equivalent stress and strain is the highest under quadratic curves, and increase with the increase of radius. (2) The value of radial stress is smallest under involute curve, and is the largest under straight line. Value of radial stress is often used as the criterion of cracking limit, so its distribution laws can provide references for studying the condition of cracking in multi-pass conventional spinning under different roller-trace. (3) Tangential stress is compressive stress. Absolute value of tangential stress is the smallest under involute curve, and values of tangential stress are close between other two curves. The distribution laws of tangential stress can serve as a significant guide to research the critical condition of wrinkling in multi-pass conventional spinning under different roller-trace. (4) The reduction of thickness is the smallest under involute curve. The distribution of the thickness strain is very unequal under quadratic curves. The results obtained can provide references for selecting reasonable roller-trace in multi-pass conventional spinning.

Dynamic Modeling of a Roller Chain Drive System Considering the Flexibility of Input Shaft

Roller chain drives are widely used in various high-speed, high-load and power transmission applications, but their complex dynamic behavior is not well researched. Most studies were only focused on the analysis of the vibration of chain tight span, and in these models, many factors are neglected. In this paper, a mathematical model is developed to calculate the dynamic response of a roller chain drive working at constant or variable speed condition. In the model, the complete chain transmission with two sprockets and the necessary tight and slack spans is used. The effect of the flexibility of input shaft on dynamic response of the chain system is taken into account, as well as the elastic deformation in the chain, the inertial forces, the gravity and the torque on driven shaft. The nonlinear equations of movement are derived from using Lagrange equations and solved numerically. Given the center distance and the two initial position angles of teeth on driving and driven sprockets corresponding to the first seating roller on each side of the tight span, dynamics of any roller chain drive with two sprockets and two spans can be analyzed by the procedure. Finally, a numerical example is given and the validity of the procedure developed is demonstrated by analyzing the dynamic behavior of a typical roller chain drive. The model can well simulate the transverse and longitudinal vibration of the chain spans and the torsional vibration of the sprockets. This study can provide an effective method for the analysis of the dynamic characteristics of all the chain drive systems.

THE 3-D BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD OF ROLLER BEARING BY PLATE ELEMENT ANALOGUE

The mill roller bearing is made up of an internal ring, middlerolls and an external ring, the analysis of which is a multi-bodiescontact problem. In this paper, based on the three-dimensionalelastic contact BEM without friction, and using the structuralcharacteristics of roller bearings, middle rolls are de- scribed byelastic plate units of different shapes, which is placed on theinternal ring.

Bending stress of rolling element in elastic composite cylindrical roller bearing

A new structure design method of elastic composite cylindrical roller bearing is proposed, in which PTFE is embedded into a hollow cylindrical rolling element, according to the principle of creative combinations and through innovation research on cylindrical roller bearing structure. In order to systematically investigate the inner wall bending stress of the rolling element in elastic composite cylindrical roller bearing, finite element analysis on different elastic composite cylindrical rolling elements was conducted. The results show that, the bending stress of the elastic composite cylindrical rolling increases along with the increase of hollowness with the same filling material. The bending stress of the elastic composite cylindrical rolling element decreases along with the increase of the elasticity modulus of the material under the same physical dimension. Under the same load, on hollow cylindrical rolling element, the maximum bending tensile stress values of the elastic composite cylindrical rolling element after material filling at 0° and 180° are 8.2% and 9.5%, respectively, lower than those of the deep cavity hollow cylindrical rolling element. In addition, the maximum bending-compressive stress value at 90° is decreased by 6.1%.

A method combining refined composite multiscale fuzzy entropy with PSO-SVM for roller bearing fault diagnosis

Combining refined composite multiscale fuzzy entropy(RCMFE)and support vector machine(SVM)with particle swarm optimization(PSO)for diagnosing roller bearing faults is proposed in this paper.Compared with refined composite multiscale sample entropy(RCMSE)and multiscale fuzzy entropy(MFE),the smoothness of RCMFE is superior to that of those models.The corresponding comparison of smoothness and analysis of validity through decomposition accuracy are considered in the numerical experiments by considering the white and 1/f noise signals.Then RCMFE,RCMSE and MFE are developed to affect extraction by using different roller bearing vibration signals.Then the extracted RCMFE,RCMSE and MFE eigenvectors are regarded as the input of the PSO-SVM to diagnose the roller bearing fault.Finally,the results show that the smoothness of RCMFE is superior to that of RCMSE and MFE.Meanwhile,the fault classification accuracy is higher than that of RCMSE and MFE.