Why Calculate Pin Pressure is important.
Bearing Pressures
When a chain has been correctly selected, the mode of failure
over a very long period of time is most likely to be wear.
The subject of wear, which depends on many factors, has
been addressed earlier in this guide. However, a very useful
indicator of chain performance is the magnitude of pressure
between the key mating surfaces (i.e., pin and bush).
This pressure is known as the bearing pressure and is
obtained by dividing the working load by the bearing area.
Bearing areas for standard chains are quoted in the
designer data at the end of this guide.
Safety Factors
Applications vary widely in the nature of loads applied,
therefore, apply safety factors to allow for some degree of
abuse.:
A factor of safety of 8:1 in non-passenger applications
A factor of safety of 10:1 in passenger applications
Lower factors of safety than these may be used (except
for passenger applications), when careful consideration
of the maximum loads and health and safety implications
have been made.
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Factors of Safety
All Renold Chain is specified by its minimum tensile
strength. To obtain a design working load it is necessary
to apply a "FACTOR OF SAFETY" to the breaking load.
However, before considering this, the following points
should be noted:
- Most chain side plates are manufactured from low- to
medium-carbon steel and are sized to ensure they have
adequate strength and ductility to resist shock loading.
- These steels have yield strengths of approximately
65 percent of their ultimate tensile strength. This means
that if chains are subjected to loads of greater than this,
depending upon the material used in the side plates,
then permanent pitch extension will occur.
- Most applications are subjected to intermittent dynamic
loads well in excess of the maximum static load and
usually greater than the designer's estimate.
- Motors, for example, are capable of up to 200 percent
full load torque output for a short period.
As a result, chain confidently selected with a factor of
safety of 8:1 on breaking load is, in effect, operating with
a factor of safety of around 5:1 on yield and much less
than this when the instantaneous overload on the drive is considered.
again
- Motors, for example, are capable of up to 200 percent
full load torque output for a short period.
As a result, chain confidently selected with a factor of
safety of 8:1 on breaking load is, in effect, operating with
a factor of safety of around 5:1 on yield and much less
than this when the instantaneous overload on the drive is considered.
STILL THINK THE CALCULATIONS ARE CONSERVATIVE.
To most im sure this post is very technically advanced.
The analysys of the system is very important.
Hopefully it is easy enough to see why.