A PROJECT ON

PREPARING A WORKING MODEL OF

GEARLESS TRANSMISSION

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTD BY,

H.O.D( MECHANICAL)
 OVERVIEW

 Need of gearless transmission

 What is gearless transmission
 Applications
 Comparison Materials
 Specification and manufacturing of parts
 Advantages
 Limitations
 Possible advances
 Conclusion
 Need of gearless transmission

 Today’s world requires speed on each and every field.

 Engineers are constantly confronted to the
challenges of efficient transmission of power.
 Gears are costly to manufacture.
 It is needed to further increase the efficiency of
transmission which cannot be done using geared
transmission.
 Gearless transmission mechanism is capable of
transmitting power at any angle without any gears
being manufactured.
 What is Gearless transmission?

 Also called elbow mechanism

 It is ingenious link mechanism of slider and

kinematic chain principle.

 Transmission power at any angle without utilizing

gears.
 Working Principle

 Transmits the power between two shafts whose axes

are at 90 degree through bent links.

 Three link slide relatively according to the motion

given to input shaft.

 Due to this ,the rotational motion of input shaft is

converted into sliding motion of links which is then
converted to rotational motion of the output shaft.
 Construction details

PARTS DIMENSIONS

Cylinder 60mm(dia.)

Shaft 15 mm(dia.)

Links 10mm (dia.),170mm(length)

Bearings 15mm(inner dia.)

 APPLICATION

 Tower clocks
 Gang drilling( multi spindle drilling )
 Lubrication pump CNC lathe
 Angular drilling between 0-90 degree
 Movement of periscope in submarines
 Used in vehicles(go-carts)
 Hand driven machines like juice makers ,sheet
folding machines etc.
 Geared v/s gearless transmission

Geared Gearless

Manufacturing methods- Manufacturing methods-

 Costly  Less costly
 Manufactured on  No need of special
special purpose machines
machines
 Complex calculations  Less calculations
 No interchangeability  Freedom of
interchangeability
 Geared v/s gearless transmission

Geared Gearless

Cause of failure- Cause of failure-

 Pitting corrosion  Pitting corrosion
,erosion and fatigue ,erosion and fatigue
have severe effect. effect less severely.
 Replacement of entire  Replacement of
gear set needs to be defected pin only.
done.
 Geared v/s gearless transmission

Geared Gearless

Lubrication and cooling - Lubrication and cooling -

 Complex system  Simple
 Cooling is a big issue  Easy to cool
 Geared v/s gearless transmission

Gearless
Geared

Torque transmitting Torque transmitting

capacity capacity
 Used in high torque  Low torque
applications applications
Different speed at any Different speed at any
angle is not easily angle is easily done
possible
 MATERIALS

S.NO Part name material Quantity

1 Cylinders MS 2

2 Bearings CI 4
3 Shaft MS 2

4 Bent links MS 3

5 Pulley CI 1

6 frame MS 1
 ADVANTAGES

 Complete freedom of interchangeability.

 More efficient than gear.
 Power could be transferred to any desired angle.
 Easy of manufacturing.
 Simpler cooling system
 Low cost of manufacturing.
 Portability of parts.
 LIMITATIONS

 Does not work at very low starting torque.

 Improper hole drilling could pose much problem.
 Sudden load would cause mechanism breakdown.
 Links are to be replace after certain cycle time.
 Speed ratio is always constant 1:1.
 FUTURE ASPECTS

 Torque bearing capacity can be improve.

 Flexible bent links can be used.

 Has a bright future in automation and robotics.

 Can be used in automobile industry in near future.

 CONCLUSION

 The model works correctly as per the design.

 With the help of this system ,we can efficiently

reduce the cost in power transmission and

 Further advancement in this technology can be

made.