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Chapter 4 – Belt and Chain Drive

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Questions
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Theory
1. Explain any two type of chain with neat sketches. 05
2. Explain the polygon action of chain. 02
3. Compare the belt and chain drives. 03
4. Explain tooth correction factor for roller chain. 03
5. Explain load and power transmitting capacity of chain drive. 04
Derive the expression of a ratio of driving tensions for the flat belt drive. Explain the effect of
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centrifugal tension on ratio of driving tensions in brief.
7. Derive an expression for the ratio of driving tensions of a V-belt drive. 07 07
8. What is crowning of the pulley? State the objectives of providing crowning. 03 04
9. Explain the step by step procedure used for design of chain drive system. 07 03
Why is the cross-section of the pulley an elliptical arm? Why is major axis of the cross-section in the 03
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plane of rotation?
11.State the advantage and disadvantage of the chain drive over belt and rope drive. 04
12.Sketch the cross section of a V-belt and label its important parts. 03
13.Explain the difference between belt slip and belt creep. 03
14.Explain the design of belt. 04

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15.State the advantages of chain drive over belt drive 04
16.Explain effect of slip and creep on belt drive 03
17.List advantages and disadvantages of chain drive 04
18.Explain effect of initial tension on belt drive 03
19.Explain working of (1) Compound belt drive (2) Fast and loose pulley belt drive with neat sketch 04
20.What is the purpose of providing steel or nylon cords in the inner case of V-belt? 03
21.What are the application of Flat, V, Round and Timing belt belts in engineering? 04
22.What is polygon effect in chain drive? How it is minimized? 03
23.Explain the procedure for selection of a standard V belt. 04
Examples
A flat belt drive transmits 50 kW at 25 m/s. The mass of the belt is 1.75 kg per metre of belt length and
width the belt is 180 mm. The belt drive is cross belt drive having driver pulley of 350 mm and driven
1. pulley of 1050 mm. The centre distance between two pulleys is 5 m. Calculate the length of belt; angle 07
of contact; belt tensions and thickness of belt. Take mass density of belt = 1000 kg/m3 and coefficient
of friction between belt and pulley surface =0.35.
Two V Belts of section B are transmitting power on grooved pulleys. Angle of Groove is 35 0. Belt angle
is 400. The driver pulley of 300 mm runs at 1500 rpm and driven pulley is 600 mm diameter. The
coefficient of friction between belt and pulley is 0.3. If the power transmitted is 150 kW, determine (i)
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Centrifugal tension (ii) maximum tension, (iii) length of the belt for open drive. (iv) designation of the
belt, (v) the speed at which maximum power can be transmitted The mass of the belt is 0.193 kg per m
length For Section B Belt. Assume centre distance between pulleys is 900 mm.
Design a 10 mm thick rubber belt to drive a dynamo generating 20 KW at 2250 R.P.M. and fitted with a
3. pulley 200 mm diameter. The dynamo efficiency to be 85%. Allowable stress for belt = 2.1 MPa, 07
Density of rubber = 1000 kg/m3, Angle of contact for dynamo pulley = 1650, μ = 0.3.
4. A compressor, requiring 90 KW, is to run at about 250 R.P.M. The drive is by V-belts from an electric 07

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motor running at 750 R.P.M. The diameter of pulley on compressor shaft must not be greater than 1
metre while the centre distance between the pulleys is limited to 1.75 metre. The belt speed should not
exceed 1600 meters/min. Determine the number of V-belts required to transmit the power if each belt
has a cross-sectional area of 375 mm2, density 1000 kg/m3 and an allowable tensile stress of 2.5 MPa.
The groove angle of the pulleys is 350. The coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0.25.
Calculate also the length required of each belt.
A fan is driven by open belt from a motor runs at 880 rpm. A leather belt 8 mm thick and 250 mm wide
is used. The diameter of motor pulley and driven pulley are 350 mm and 1370 mm respectively. The
5. centre distance is 1370 mm and both pulleys are made of cast iron. The coefficient of friction of leather 07
on cast iron is 0.35. The allowable stress for the belt is 2.5 MPa, which allows for factor of safety. The
belt mass is 975 kg/m3. Determine the power capacity of belt drive.
A cast iron pulley transmits 20 kW at 300 rpm. The diameter of pulley is 550 mm and has four straight
6. arms of elliptical cross-section in which the major axis is twice the minor axis. Find the dimensions of 04
the arm if the allowable bending stress is 15 MPa.
A leather belt 9 mm x 250 mm is used to drive cast iron pulley 900 mm in diameter at 336 r.p.m. If the
7. active arc on smaller pulley is 1200 and the stress in the tight side is 2 N/mm 2, find the power capacity 07
of the belt. The density of leather may be taken as 980 kg/m3, and μ = 0.35.
Two parallel shafts whose center lines are 4.8 m apart, are connected by an open belt drive. The
diameter of the larger pulley 1.5 m and that of smaller pulley 1.05 m. The initial tension in the belt
8. when stationery is 3 KN. The mass of the belt is 1.5 kg/m length. The co-efficient of friction between 07
the belt and the pulley is 0.3 Taking centrifugal tension in to account, calculate the horse power
transmitted, when smaller pulley rotates at 400 r.p.m.
A centrifugal blower driven by horizontal belt drive running at 600 r.p.m. by a 15 kW, 1750 r.p.m.
electric motor. The center distance is twice the diameter of the larger pulley. The density of the belt
9. material = 1500 kg/m3; maximum allowable stress = 4 MPa; Coefficient of friction at motor pulley and 07
blower pulley is 0.5 and 0.4 respectively; peripheral velocity of the belt = 20 m/s. Determine the
following: 1. Pulley diameters; 2. belt length; 3. cross-sectional area of the belt; 4. minimum initial

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tension for operation without slip.
A 15 KW power transmitting leather belt drive running at 1440 rpm to 480 rpm. The center distance
10.between the pulleys is twice the diameter of the bigger pulley. The belt should operate at 20 m/s 04
approximately. Calculate the diameters pulleys and the length of the belt for open belt drive.
Two shafts 1.2 m apart connected by pulley having multiple V-grooves. The system is required to
transmit 84 kW power. The driving pulley is running at 900 rpm and has an effective diameter of 240
mm while the driven pulley diameter is 640 mm. groove angle of the pulley is 450. The belt used can
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safely withstand a pull of 1890 N and each has cross section area of 395 mm 2. Density of the belt
material is 1200 kg / m3. Coefficient of friction is 0.23. Calculate the number of belts required to
accomplish the job.
Design a chain drive to actuate a compressor from 15 kW electric motor at running 970 rpm and
12.compressor running at 330 rpm. Minimum center distance should be 550 mm. The chain tension may 07
be adjusted by shifting the motor rails. The compressor is to work 16 hr/day.
The centre distance between two shafts is 4 m for a flat belt drive. The thickness of the belt is 10 mm.
13.The driving pulley having 350 mm diameter is rotating with 1800 RPM. Driven pulley is rotating with 07
600 RPM. Considering slip of 5% determine outer diameter of driven pulley and belt length for (1)
open belt drive (2) crossed belt drive
Design a V-belt drive from the given data. Motor power = 3.75 KW, Belt Width = 17 mm, Speed of
14.motor = 1440 RPM, Belt thickness = 11 mm, Speed reduction = 4, Belt area = 140 mm 2, Density of belt= 07
1.5 x 10(-5) N/mm3, Endurance limit for belt is 10N/mm2
A Leather belt, 160 mm wide and 7 mm thick is used to transmit 3kW under light shock load conditions
for which service factor is 1.2.the driving pulley is of 160 mm diameter and operates at 1440 rpm. The
driven pulley is 480 mm in diameter and centers of pulley are 2.4 m apart. Considering open belt drive,
w=11,200 N/mm3 for belt, μ = 0.4 between pulley and belt, and allowable tension per mm width at
15.3m/s is equal to 7.2 n/mm. Determine 07
Centrifugal tensions,
Tensions on tight and slacks sight,
Factor of safety and
Design power.
16.A simple chain no.06 B is used to transmit power from a transmission shaft running at 1000 rpm to 07
another shaft running at 500 rpm. There are 21 teeth on driving sprocket wheel and operation is
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smooth without any shock.
Calculate:
1. power transmission capacity of the chain
2. chain velocity
3. chain tension
4. factor of safety based on breaking load
5. Length of chain if centre distance is 50p

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