A Case Study on Design of a Flywheel for Punching Press Operation
Rathod Balasaheb.S1, Satish. M. Rajmane2
1Rathod Balasaheb.S, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIGCE, Solapur, India.
2Satish M. Rajmane, Assistant Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIGCE, Solapur, India.
Manuscript received on March 22, 2014. | Revised Manuscript received on April 11, 2014. | Manuscript published on April 30, 2014. | PP: 32-35 | Volume-3, Issue-4, April 2014. | Retrieval Number: D2794043414/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: A flywheel is the heavy rotating mass which is placed between the power source and the driven machine to act as a reservoir of energy. It is used to store the energy when the demand of energy of energy is less and deliver it when the demand of energy is high. The current paper is focused on the analytical design of arm type of flywheel which is used for punching press operation. Now in regard to the design of flywheel it is required to decide the mean diameter of the flywheel rim, which depends upon two factors such as availability of space and the limiting value of peripheral velocity of the fly wheel. However the current design problem is formulated for punching machine which has to be make holes of 30 holes, minute in a steel plate of 18mm thickness with space limitation that is the diameter of flywheel should not exceed 1000mm, hence it can be observed that the design of the flywheel is to be carried out (based) on the availability of space limitation and accordingly the fluctuation of energy, dimensions of the flywheel, stresses induced in the flywheel are determined. Finally after detail analysis it is observed that the induced diameter of the flywheel is less than the allowable, permissible diameter and hence it can be concluded that the design is safe from availability of space point of view.
Keywords: Flywheel, peripheral velocity, Fluctuation of energy, Stresses, Stored energy.