DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF BUCKET （桶的设计和优化）.pdf

IPASJ International Journal of Mechanical Engineering (IIJME) Web Site: /IIJME/IIJME.htm A Publisher for Research Motivation Email: editoriijme@ Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2014 ISSN 2321-6441 DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF BUCKET ELEVATOR THROUGH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS N. Yashaswini 1, Raju. B 2 and A. Purushottham 3 1 M.Tech CAD\CAM student, Sreenidhi Institute of ScienceTechnology, Hyderabad 2 Design Engineer, Ramtech Industries Private Limited, Kushaiguda, Hyderabad 3 Professorsupervisor, Sreenidhi Institute of ScienceTechnology, Hyderabad ABSTRACT A Bucket Elevator is a material handling equipment. It can elevate variety of bulk materials from light to heavy and from fine to large lumps. It consists of endless chain drive on which metallic buckets are fixed. In the present paper, a bucket elevator is designed and analysed for conveying granular materials to the height of 15m at the rate of 10 tones/hour output. This paper gives basic design calculations for the development of the bucket elevator, in 3D environment of NX software. Static and vibration analysis carried out on the bucket elevator in order to need the required output from 10 tonnes/hr-20 tonnes/hr. This paper also gives the dynamic beh avior of the bucket and gear shaft assembly. The results obtained from the analysis study critically examine the modification of design parameters. Keywords: Gear Shaft, FEA, Von Mises stress, Productivity