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Gearless Angular Transmission Project Report 1
Gearless Angular Transmission Project Report 1
By,
Guided By,
Lecturer
Alappuzha
March 2021
Certificate
Alappuzha Alappuzha
Acknowledgement
It is our proud privilege and duty to acknowledge that the kind of help and
guidance received from several people in the completion of our project. It would not
have been possible to prepare this report in the form without their valuable help, co-
operation and guidance. First we thank god, almighty to giving as the strength to
complete our project.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Fr. Josekutty Chacko CMI
,Principal, Carmel Polytechnic College, Alappuzha for his constant support and
encouragement to complete our project.
We also express our sincere gratitude to the following staff members Mr.
Hariharan B.,Mr. Shybu Varghese, Mr. Hareesh B., Mr. Francis Augustine., Mr. Jefin
Chacko and Mr. Jayakrishnan M., lecturers in Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Sujith
Kumar, Mr. Paul James, trade instructors in the Heat Engine Lab, Mr. Varghese
Joseph, Mr. Aji Kumar and Mr. Aneesh Varghese, trade instructors in the Workshop
and for their advice and assistance to prepare and present our project successfully.
Abstract
The transmission of power with minimum losses is the main criterion for
calculating the efficiency of the machine. Most machines use gear transmission from
inlet to outlet, but have the most power loss due to friction. An investigation in this
field has brought new ideas to transmit power using different mechanisms. This
document studies and trains the new mechanism by replacing the bevel gear with a 90
° elbow that is used to transmit power. This transmission system indicates that there is
the possibility of transmitting power at a right angle without gears efficiently. In this
work, the power is transmitted with 3 elbows connected radially at an angle of 120º to
the center of the axis. However, the major downside of even the most efficient gear
drive is the low efficiency due to errors like backlash and considerable vibrations.
These vibrations engender noisy operation and cause more wear and tear resulting in
low life span. The development of a more efficient multi-angular gearless drive has
been explored relatively unsuccessfully and negligently regardless of its advantages
over both gear drives and simple gearless drives. Recent advances in technologies,
material, analytical modeling and simulation capabilities has opened the possibility of
major advances towards the design and development of a reliable, cost effective and
ultra-efficient multi-angular gearless drive.
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Contents
Acknowledgement i
Abstract ii
Contents iii
List of Figures iv
1. Introduction 1
2. Working Principle 2
3. Literature Study 4
4. Comparison with Gear and Gearless System10
5. Selection of Materials 11
5.1 List of Components
5.2 Selection of Materials
6. Application 14
7. Advantages and Disadvantages 15
8. Improvements and Further Advancements 16
9. Conclusion 17
References 18
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List of Figures
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Today’s world requires speed on each and every field. Hence rapidness and
quick working is the most important. Now a days for achieving rapidness, various
machines and equipment’s are manufactured by man. Engineer is constantly
conformed to the challenges of bringing ideas and design in to reality. New machine
and techniques are being developed continuously to manufacture various products at
cheaper rates and high quality. The project “GEARLESS ANGULAR
TRANSMISSION” being compact and portable equipment, which is skillful and is
having something practice in the transmitting power at right angle without any gears
being manufactured. This project gives us knowledge, experience, skill and new ideas
of the manufacturing. It is a working project and having guarantee of the success.
El-bow mechanism is an ingenious link mechanism of slider and kinematic
chain principle. This is also called as “Gearless Transmission Mechanism” this
mechanism is very useful for transmitting motion at right angles. However, in certain
industrial application “gearless transmission at right angle” can also work at obtuse or
accurate angle plane can be compared to worm and worm gear or bevel and pinion
gear which are invariably used in the industry for numerous applications. The main
feature of this mechanism is comparatively high efficiency between the input and the
output power shafts with regards to the gear efficiencies.
The El-bow Mechanism transmits the I/P power towards the O/P side such that
the angular Forces produced in the slacks are simply transmitted with the help of pins
which takes up the I/P power and the right angle drive is transferred towards the O/P
slack and pin assembly. Hence very little friction plays while the power is being
transmitted; the Hunting and back lash are absent.
The Gearless transmission or El-bow mechanism is a device for transmitting
Motions at any fixed angle between the driving and driven shaft. This type of drive is
especially suitable where quite operation at high speed is essential but only
recommended for high duty
Chapter 2
Working Principle
Motion is transmitted from driving to the driven shaft through the pins
which are bent to conform to the angles between the shafts. These pins are placed
at the holes equally spaced equidistant from the center and they are free to slide
in & out as the shaft revolves. This type of drive is especially suitable where
quite operation at high speed is essential but only recommended for high duty.
The operation of this transmission will be apparent by the action of one pin. In
making this transmission, it is essential to have the holes for a given pin located
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accurately and equally spaced in radial and circumferential directions and should
be parallel to each pin. If the holes drilled in the ends of the shafts have “blind”
or closed ends, there ought to be a small vent at the bottom of each rod hole for
the escape of air compressed by the action of the pins.
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Chapter 3
Literature Study
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mechanism is mainly applicable to low cost applications where torque is low to
medium. With future development in low friction materials (graphene coating)
and stronger composite materials, the efficiency and capacity of this mechanism
can be increased. Also if instead of bent links, bolted links or links held by
universal joints are used then transmission is possible even when angle changes
on the go.
Ashish Kumar et al. [3] performed study on Multi Angular Gearless
Drive. The mechanism was loaded with 3 Nos. of L-pins. Parts of mechanism
were modeled on Solid Works and The analysis of the mechanism was carried
out on ANSYS. The study of mechanism was carried with 0.63 Moment of
Inertia (Provided by Solid Works). Behavior of system is plotted on different
charts i.e. Velocity vs. Time, Acceleration vs. Time, Angular Acceleration vs.
Time, Separation Distance vs. Time. From This it was concluded that The final
design thus obtained is capable of transmitting torque and power at varied angles
depending on the angular limitation of the hooks joint. With further research and
advanced analysis in the design wide-ranging applications of the drive can be
discovered.
SolankiNehal et al. [4] studied Design And Analysis Of Gearless
Transmission Through Elbow Mechanism which can be used into the
replacement of the bevel gears. 4 Nos. of L-pins was used into this fabricated
model. With input of 1HP motor. Links of 10mm diameter were used of S.S ,
M.S material. Shafts are rotating with speed of 1440 RPM and 4947.066 N.mm
of Torque. Stimulation is done by the ANSYS 16.2 and analysis of mechanism
was done at 50,100,150,200 RPM for both the material. It is been concluded from
that analysis that themechanism with 6 elbow rods made up of mild steel material
is works perfectly. The mechanism runs smoothly when it is kept at 150 RPM
Also it can be concluded that as the no of elbow rods increases smoother the
operation would be.
Shiv PratapYadav et al. [5] performed Real time Study for Design,
Analysis and Fabrication of Gearless Power Transmission by using Elbow
Mechanism. They used 3 Nos. Of elbow rods inclined to the 90⁰.Modeling and
rendering of mechanism is done into the CATIA V5 and the analysis was carried
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on ANSYS. The mechanism was working between 80 to 100 RPM. after this it
was concluded that It has a high scope in future to replace the cumbersome usage
of gears which will be replaced simple, elegant usage of the shafts that will
change the overall cost management of the industries using gear technology
presently to gain more profits.
NavneetBaradiya et al. [6] had done Analysis and Simulation of
Gearless Transmission Mechanism. The system is to be analyzed in Solid Works
package software to watch the response of the elbow rods and the also the hub
(coupled with shaft). Motion analysis is performed by running the mechanism at
15 revolutions per minute and higher speeds, reaction forces and reaction
moment are plotted against clock run of 5 seconds by using post processor.
Theoretical calculations are made to obtain allowable stress by making use of
design data values. As a result, response of elbow rod and hub is investigated to
find the permissible speed of mechanism. Elbow rods of diameter 7.55mm of
stainless steel were used. It is Concluded that for smooth and safe running of
mechanism it should be kept below 140 rpm. With this study it is concluded that
gearless transmission mechanism is capable of running up to 120 rpm under
normal conditions. Further fatigue analysis are recommended for gearless
transmission mechanism.
Amitkumar et al. [7] Introduced gearless power transmission
arrangement used for skew shafts. 3 Nos. of L-pins were used and the elbow
mechanism was compared with S-R-R-S links. During working on experimental
it is concluded that proposed arrangement used for any set of diameters with any
profile of shafts for skew shafts of any angle but the shaft’s must be having the
rotational motion about his own axis, transmission of motion is very smooth and
desirable and used only for the equal R.P.M. of driving shaft and driven shaft by
employing pins or given type of links for appropriate joints for revolute pair.
Jagushte G. S et al. [8] had done research about Design, Analysis and
Fabrication of Gearless Transmission by Elbow Mechanism. This system was
loaded with 3 L-pins each at 1200 of the cylindrical disc. The L-pins are made up
of the Stainless Steel (X6cr17). The rod diameter was taken 12.6mm. part
modeling was done in Solid Works and Analysis is carried on Autodesk Inventor
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(2016).It WasConcluded after analysis and Fabrication 140rpm to 160rpm is safe
for gearless transmission system. Thus simulation results satisfy motion analysis
results. Also 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.
MahanteshTanodi et al. [9] Researched about Gearless Power
TransmissionOffset Parallel Shaft Coupling. 4 holes were drilled into the shafts
and Z-links were inserted into the each hole on shafts. This paper was part of a
study investigating the Gearless power transmission for parallel shafts. Gearless
Transmission which is compact and portable equipment, which is skillful and is
having something practice in the transmitting power between parallel shafts
without any gears being used. This Couplings for parallel shaft gives variety of
displacement and torque from a minimum of 1 to 500 mm and from 5.4 to 80000
Nm respectively. Analysis of Z-pins done for the different angles and variation in
length of pins is checked. By the geometric analysis of configuration it was
analyzed that the size of the Z-link connector decreases, as the off-set to shift
ratio increases. And hence the strength of the connector comes down. Hence it is
advisable to maintain smaller offset to shift ratio for the rigid and stronger Z-link
connector. By this study they have concluded that hat the proposed conceptual
design can be applied for the transmission of power between two parallel shafts
having proper shift and off-set by employing different geometries of Z-pins
Anand C. Mattikalli et al. [10] researched on Gearless Power
Transmission- L Pin Coupling. 4 pins are used for each 45⁰ , 90⁰ , 135⁰.The
design was checked by varying the Nos. of pins from 1 to 4 and to find out the
optimum Nos. of pins used for better transmission. Analysis is done in CATIA
V5. Analysis is done only for two intersecting shafts. At the end of the study By
CATIA® analysis, It can be concluded from the results that the proposed
conceptual design can be applied for the transmission of power between two
Intersecting shafts having proper angular misalignment by employing different
geometries of L-pins and it is found that minimum number of L-Pins required are
3, for continuous smooth power transmission.
AtishLahuPatil et al. [11] had studied Gearless Mechanism in Right
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Angle . The mechanism was consisting 3 pins bent equally at 90⁰ . It was found
from study that the more the Nos. of link will make the operation smoother. The
pins were made up of bright bar with a excellent surface finish. The wood cutter
was mounted on the output shaft which can cut up to 250mm width of wooden
sheet. By working on experimental setup and after a long Study it is Concluded
that proposed arrangement used for any set of diameters with any profile of shafts
for skew shafts of any angle but the shaft’s must be having the rotational motion
about his own axis, transmission of motion is very smooth and desirable and
usedonly for the equal R.P.M. of driving shaft and driven shaft by employing
links or given type of links for appropriate joints for revolute pair.
M. Lokesh et al. [12] had fabricated model for Gearless Power
Transmission Mechanism using 6 Elbow Rods. From the study it is been stated
that this mechanism can transmit the power with 92% of efficiency. The
mechanism was consisting 6 Nos. of L pins bent equally at 90⁰. The compressor
and pump also introduced into project when the links inside the drilled holes
reciprocates as well rotate inside cylinder. It gives pumping and compression
effect. Among the 6 links first pin goes at inner dead center it sucks the air and
start moving outer dead center when further revolving. After study it was
concluded that Elbow transmission mechanism is possible in almost for short
lengths and also it is suitable for medium length by increasing the housing
diameter and The setup indicates that by increasing the elbow a rod in account
increases the smoothness of the transmission also The absence of friction
ultimately raises the efficiency of the mechanism.
Amit Kumar et al. [13] Presented An Arrangement for Power
Transmission Between Co-Axial Shafts of Different Diameter. In that
arrangement motion is transmitted between the co-axial 18 shafts of different
diameters. Up to 8 Nos. of pins was used. If more pins used motion will be
smoother, but increase in no. of pins not at the cost of strength of shaft. Holes
drilled very accurately & the axis of both the shafts was co-axial. The designed
arrangement can be work for parallel shaft displacement up to 500 mm and
torque capacities from 5.4 to 80000 Nm. It was concluded that the Proposed
arrangement can be used for any set of diameters with any profile of shafts but
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the shaft’s must be co-axial and having rotational motion along the common axis,
transmission of motion is very smooth and desirable and used only for the equal
R.P.M. of driving shaft and driven shaft by employing different geometries of Z-
pins and Elbow pins or link.
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Selection of Materials
5.1 List of Components
• Prime mover
• MS Square tube
• Hub
• Pins
• Bearing
5.2Selection of Materials
The proper selection of material for the different part of a product is the main
objective in the fabrication of product. For a design engineer it is a must that he is
familiar with the effect, which the manufacturing process and heat treatment have on
the properties of materials.
The Choice of material for engineering purposes depends upon the following factors:
• Availability of the materials.
• Suitability of materials for the working condition in service.
• The cost of materials.
• Physical and chemical properties of material.
• Mechanical properties of material.
Mechanical properties of the metals are those, which are associated with the ability of
the material to resist mechanical forces and load. We shall now discuss these
properties as follows:
• Strength: It is the ability of a material to resist the externally applied forces
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• Stress:The internal resistance offered by apart to an externally applied force is
called stress.
• Stiffness:It is the ability of material to resist deformation under stresses.
• Elasticity: It is the property of a material to regain its original shape after
deformation when the external forces are removed.
• Plasticity: It is the property of a material, which retain the deformation
produced under load permanently.
• Ductility: It is the property of a material enabling it to be drawn into wire with
the application of a tensile force.
• Brittleness: It is the property of material opposite to ductile. It is the property
of breaking of a material with little permanent distortion
• Malleability: It is a special case of ductility, which permits material to be
rolled or hammered into thin sheets, a malleable material should be plastic but
it is not essential to be so strong.
• Toughness: It is the property of a material to resist the fracture due to high
impact loads like hammer blows.
• Resilience:It is the property of a material to absorb energy and to resist rock
and impact loads.
• Creep: When a part is subjected to a constant stress at high temperature for
long period of time, it will undergo a slow and permanent deformation called
creep.
• Hardness: It is the property of a material to resist wear, scratching,
deformation and machinability.
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• Mild steel is readily available in market.
• It is economical to use.
• It is available in standard sizes.
• It has good mechanical properties.
• It has moderate factor of safety
• It has high tensile strength
• Low co-efficient of thermal expansion
Properties of Mild steel are: It has a carbon content from 0.15 % to 0.30%. Itis
easily wieldable thus can be hardened only. They are similar to wrought iron in
properties. With the increase in carbon content,both ultimate tensile strength and
compressive strength of the steel increases.They can be easily gas welded or electric
or arc welded. Mild steel serve the purpose and was hence was selected because of the
above purpose
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Chapter 6
Application
• Driving for all kinds four faced tower clocks. The elbow mechanism was
first used in the year 1685 for the famous London tower clock named big
ben.
• The mechanism is invariable used for multiple spindle drilling operation
called the gang drilling.
• Used for angular drilling between 0 to 90 degree position.
• Lubrication pump for C.N.C. lathe machines.
• The mechanism is very useful for a reaching a drive at a clumsy location.
• Air blower for electronic and computer machine’s.
• The elbow mechanism is used for movement of periscope in submarines.
• Driving for all kinds four faced tower clocks. The elbow mechanism was
first used in the year 1685 for the famous London tower clock named Big
Ben.
• The mechanism is invariable used for multiple spindle drilling operation
15 called the gang drilling.
• Used for angular drilling between 0 to 90 degree position.
• Lubrication pump for C.N.C. lathe machines. 5. The mechanism is very
useful for a reaching a drive at a clumsy location.
• Air blower for electronic and computer machine’s.
• The elbow mechanism is used for movement of periscope in submarines.
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Chapter 7
7.1 Advantages
7.2 Disadvantages
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Chapter 8
• Lubrication and Cooling System: Lubrication and cooling are a must in sliding
members. One of the simple techniques applied for lubrication can be to drill
oil holes in the cylinder body for fill than up with oil. But this technique will
not be very effective since the weight and use of cylinders will increase.
• Modification: One of the methods by which efficiency or performance can be
enhanced is by increasing the number of pins.
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Chapter 9
Conclusion
This projects which looks very simple & easy to construct but is actually
very difficult to conceive & imagine without seeing an actual one in practice.
Motions demands needs to be studied. Designing of Multi-angular gearless drive
instigated with assumptions and random dimensions because no significant
development has been done before in this unchartered territory. With software
support and assiduous endeavor the final optimal design has been obtained. The
final design thus obtained is capable of transmitting torque and power at varied
angles depending on the angular limitation of the hooks joint. With further
research and advanced analysis in the design wide-ranging applications of the
drive can be discovered.
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References
• [7] Amit Kumar and Mukesh Kumar, “Gearless Power Transmission for Skew
Shafts (A SRRS Mechanism)”International Journal of Advanced Scienc and
Technology Vol.79 (2015), pp.61-72
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Inamdar, “Gearless Power Transmission- L Pin Coupling” International
Journal of Ethics in Engineering & Management Education Volume 1, Issue 5,
May2014
• [13] Prof. A. Kumar and S. Das, “An arrangement for power transmission
between co-axial shafts of different diameter”, International Journal of
Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, Volume 2,
Issue 2, March 2013, Page .no: 338-347.
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