Selecting the Size of the Universal Reducer, Taking into Account its Thermal Load Capacity

• Published in: Tehnički vjesnik Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1829 - 1836
• Main Authors: Rackov, Milan, Kuzmanovic, Sinisa, Anisic, Zoran
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Slavonski Baod University of Osijek 01.12.2018; Josipa Jurja Strossmayer University of Osijek; Strojarski fakultet u Slavonskom Brodu; Fakultet elektrotehnike, računarstva i informacijskih tehnologija Osijek; Građevinski i arhitektonski fakultet Osijek; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering in Osijek
• Subjects: Ambient temperature; Helical gears; Motors; Overheating; Thermal analysis; thermal capacity; universal gear reducer; Worm gears

Universal helical gear motors are among mechanisms that operate with a very high efficiency (about 0.98 per gear pair) [1, 2] and thus their thermal power capacity has not received enough attention, even in the cases when they overheat (usually at higher ambient temperature and high power motors). T...