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Belts

Plate No. 1

A. Elements for Belting

Questions to Answer.
1. Define flexible power transmitting elements
2. Name the three types of flexible connectors for transmitting power. Draw the
schematic diagram of each, describe each and label at least 4 main parts.

3. Draw each of the following types of belts

3.1 Serpentine Drive

3.2 Quarter Turn Drive

3.3 Tandem Drive

3.4 Stepped Cone Drive

3.5 Mule Drive

3.6 Multiple Drive

3.7 Series Drive

3.8 Reverse Drive

4. Give at least five types of material for belt.
5. Enumerate the advantages of flat belts over other types. Give at least 5 advantages.
6. Elucidate at least 5 advantages of V-belt over other types.
B. Problem Solving: (Include ME board examination Problems). Draw and label
correspondingly.

7. A line shaft runs at 350 rpm. An 18 inches pulley on the same shaft is belt connected
to a 13 in pulley on the countershaft. From a 16 in pulley on the countershaft, motion is
transmitted to the machine. Design the required diameter (in inches and mm) of the
pulley on the machine to give a spindle speed of 670 rpm. (ME board 2007)

8. A pump is to be driven by a 50 hp, 2410 rpm diesel engine and operating under a
moderate shock load with service factor of 1.20. The pump will operate at 800 rpm and
using type B V-belt. The available small sheave diameter is 5.4 in and having a factor
of 1.14. The arc of contact factor is 0.89 and the length of belt factor is 0.97. Design
the number of belts to be use. (ME board 1995)

9. Compute the angle of contact of the smaller pulley for a belt dirve with a 72 in center
distance. The pulley diameters are 6 in and 12 in. also compute for the length of belt
needed, using a formula for approximate length of open belt.

10. In the above problem, the 6 in pulley rotates 600 rpm. Total slip amount to 4%.
Compute the rotational speed of the 12 in pulley.

11. An open belt drive has a 6 in pulley driving 48 in pulley. The distance between centers
is 96 in. Compute the exact length of belt needed.
 Roller Chain, Sprocket and Wire Rope

Plate No. 2

A. Elements for Chain and Sprocket

1. Discuss the construction of the following

a. Roller Chain
b. Sprocket
2. Draw and Label a correspondingly a Roller chain with at least 7 essential parts.
3. Describe Wire Ropes. With the aid of skeletal drawing identify the number of strands,
number of wires per strand, and the nominal diameter.
4. Discuss the construction of Wire Rope. Identify at least 9 materials used for Wire
Ropes.
5. Enumerate
a. Different Rope sizes and their applications.
b. Recommended Factor of safety for wire ropes based on ultimate strength.
B. Problem Solving: Draw the schematic diagram for each problem.

6. (a.) Find the hp capacity in Kw for a no. 40 chain at a speed of 900 rpm for the small
sprocket, which has 12 teeth. (b.) Find the hp in Kilowatt (Kw) for a speed if 2,400
rpm.

7. A 10 hp motor running at 1750 rpm is to drive is to drive a blower through the

medium of a silent chain. The blower runs at approximately 600 rpm and is to be
located in 28 in from the motor. Calculate each of the following:
a. Pitch of the chain.
b. Width of chain
c. Number of links
d. Pitch diameter of sprockets (small and large sprocket)

8. A 1160 rpm motor is to be used to drive an oil field pumping unit that requires 280 lb-
ft torque at approximately 320 rpm. Assuming that the roller chain drive is to be used
and that there is an efficiency of 95% and a service factor of 1.5. Calculate each of
the following:

a. Size of motor Kw
b. No. of teeth for the sprocket.
c. Pitch
d. What no. of strand would you recommend?

9. Multiple Choice

a. As recommended the center to center distance between sprockets should not

be less than _____ times the bigger sprocket.

a. 2.30 c. 1.85
b. 1.50 d. 3.60
b. Consider a maximum safe center distance of sprockets should be _______
pitches. With very long center distance causes catenary tension in the chain.

a. 80.10
b. 80
c. 79.50
d. 65
 Flywheel and Governor

Plate No. 3

A. Elements for Flywheel and Governor:

1. What is Flywheel? Governor?

2. Why we need Flywheel? Give at least four (4) applications of Flywheel.
3. Enumerate at least three applications of Governor.
4. Name the differences between Flywheel and Governor in Tabular Form. Name at
least five (5) differences.
5. Using a scale 1: 100
a. Draw the schematic or skeletal diagram of flywheel in an internal combustion
engine showing the location of cylinder, connecting rod, crankshaft and piston
b. Draw the schematic or skeletal diagram of Governor in an internal combustion
engine indicating the each of the parts: throttle valve, bell crank lever, spindle,
arms, balls and bevel gear.
B. Multiple Choice: Shade the letter of the correct answer.

6. In the case of a flywheel, the maximum fluctuation of energy is the

a. sum of maximum and minimum energies

b. difference between the maximum

c. ratio of the maximum and minimum energy

d. ratio of the minimum and maximum energy

7. A spring controlled Governor is found unstable, it can be made stable by

a. increasing the spring stiffness

b. decreasing the spring stiffness

c. increasing the ball weight

d. decreasing the ball weight

8. Cast iron flywheels are commonly designed with a factor of

a. 12 to 16

b. 6 to 8

c. 10 to 13

d. 9 to 10

9. A flywheel rotates at 120 rpm slowed down to 102 rpm during the punching

operation that requires 0.75 second of the punching portion of the cycle.

Determine the angular acceleration of the flywheel in rad per sec2.

a. 2.21
b. -2.70
c. 3.14
d. -2.52
10. These equalize the energy exerted and the work done thus preventing

excessive changes of speed.

a. balance wheel
b. flywheel pulley
c. flywheel
d. all of these

11. A machine tool equipment that can flatten horizontally, vertically or angular

Plane

a. planer
b. drill press
c. milling machine
d. shaper
C. Problem Solving: Draw the figure and label correspondingly.

12. What pressure is required to punch a hole 5.08 cm diameter through 0.635 cm
steel plate?

13. A shearing machine requires 2,000 ft-lb of kinetic energy to operate the mean
diameter of its flywheel is 36 inches. The rotated speed is 66 fps at the mean
diameter. If the coefficient of fluctuation is 0.20, what weight of rim is needed?
Neglect the flywheel effect of arms and hub.

14. If the rim width is to be 4 times as large as the rim thickness in the flywheel of
problem 13, compute the width (b) and the thickness (t)?
 Screw Fastenings and Rivets
Plate No. 4

A. Elements for Screw Fastenings and Rivets. Use Scale 1:100

1. Define each of the following kind of Threads. Draw and label correspondingly:
1.1 Unified National Coarse (UNC)
1.2 Unified National Fine (UNF)
1.3 Unified National Extra Fine (UNEF)
2. Draw and identify forms of threads: use scale 1:100
2.1 Acme thread
2.2 Buttress thread
2.3 V- thread
2.4 Whitworth thread
2.5 Sellers Screw thread
2.6 Sellers Square thread
3. Describe the following terms:
3.1 Major diameter
3.2 Minor diameter
3.3 Lead
3.4 Pitch diameter
3.5 Stress area
3.6 Nominal diameter
3.7 Bolts and Screws
3.8 Rivets
4. What are set screws? Identify by drawing the different machine-screw heads and set-
screw points respectively
4.1 for machine-screw head:
a. Flat head
b. Round head
c. Fillister head
d. Oval head
4.2 for set-screw points:
a. oval point
b. cup point
c. flat point
d. cone point
e. half-dog point
Problem solving:
5. If the pitch of a screw is ¾ mm, compute the thread per inch.
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6. Find the working strength of a 2 2 inches bolt which is screwed up tightly in a packed

joint when the allowable working stress is 13,500 psi?

7. The root diameter of a double square thread is 0.55 in. the screw has a pitch of .20 in.
Find the outside diameter, the number of threads per in., and the lead.
8. A 10 cm x 14 cm gas compressor is operating with maximum pressure of 8 kg/𝑐𝑚2 .
There are 4 bolts with yield stress of 63,090 psi which held the cylinder head to the
compressor. Compute the shearing stress (in MPa) of the bolt.

Multiple choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. (No erasures allowed)
9. A kind of thread in which it has rounded crests and roots and it has better fatigue
strength because of the rounded root.

a. Whitworth thread c. Acme thread

b. Square thread d. Buttress thread

10. The major and minor diameters are commonly used in _________?

a. Bolts and Nuts c. Screw thread

b. Bolts d. All of these

11. The distance between similar, equally spaced tooth surfaces in the given direction and
along a given line.

a. Pitch
b. Pitch line
c. Pitch diameter
d. Pitch circle
12. Design a Stud Bolts for Compressor Head.

A 8 x 10-in. air compressor is to be held on by 10 stud bolts; the maximum

(repeated) internal pressure is 140 psi. The bolts are to be made of cold drawn
C1118 with threads cut on their entire length. (a) Determine the size of bolt predicted
by equation (5.1), which assumes a well-tightened joint. (b) Let a 0,02-in. thick
gasket, designated X in § 5.10, be used for which the “apparent” flange pressure is
𝑝𝑔 = 1.5 ksi; assume a gasket area of 𝐴𝑠 = 70 𝑖𝑛2 . And modulus of elasticity of E = 19
ksi. (The E values are so seldom used by the industry that they are hard to find.)
Determine the initial tension, the bolt torque to be used, and the ratio of 𝑆𝑡 /𝑆𝑦 to
obtain the desired flanged pressure. (c) The thickness of the steel cylinder head at
the bolt holes is 1 in. Estimate the factor of safety by the Soderberg criterion for the
bolt size obtained in (a). (note: refer to DME, Faires 4th edition page 170)