Shaft position sensing is an essential part of switched reluctance (SR) motor drive In order to synchronize the pulses of phase current with the period of rising inductance of the proper motor phase. Direct sensors such as, Hall effect and optical encoder are commonly used in SR motors. The purpose of this paper is to present an indirect shaft positioning sensing known as "sensorless " control ...

The position error of a feed drive system is mostly caused by thermal deformation of a ball screw shaft. A high-speed ball screw system can generate massive heat with greater thermal expansion produced, and consequently have a negative effect on the positioning accuracy. In this study, we applied the computational approach using the finite element method (FEM) to simulate the thermal expansion ...

Details of 93 roll shaft breakages which have occurred at eight selected sugar mills in Natal since 1979 have been collated and analysed to determine the most likely causes of failure. Theoretical analyses of shaft stresses and fatigue stress concentration factors have been carried out to determine whether present shaft design, machining practices, material specifications and shell assembly tec...

By analyzing the shortcomings of various types of cycloid drives, a kind of drive was innovated, which was named as output-pin-wheel cycloid drive. Using the pin-wheel as output part is the biggest different of this kind of drive compared with traditional cycloid reducer. The construction of reducer was redesigned for its specific transmission structure, and corresponding structures and dimensi...

Torque measurement is paramount in engine and transmission testing, turbine testing, pump testing and testing of gear trains and power measurement within propulsion systems. Monitoring torque can be critical to the performance of axles, drive trains, gear drives, and electric and hydraulic motors. Other in-plant applications include gas and steam turbines. Really, torque is an important factor ...