MAJORPROJECT

Apresentationon
GEARLESSPOWER
TRANSMISSIONSYSTEM

BY
Himanshu Singh
UID: K10481
 OVERVIEW

What is gearless transmission?

Need of gearless transmission.
Applications
Comparison
Materials
Specification and manufacturing of parts.
Advantages
Limitations
Possible advances
Conclusion
 What Is Gearless
Transmission?

Also called elbow mechanism

It is an ingenious link mechanism of slider and

kinematic chain principle.

Transmits power at any angle without utilising gears

 Need Of Gearless
Transmission

Todays 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.
 Working Principle

Transmits the power between two shafts whose axes

are at 90 degree through bent links.

Three links 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.
General
Layout
 Applications
Tower clocks

Gang drilling (multi spindle drilling)

Lubrication pump for 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 Manufacturing
methods- 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 Lubrication and
cooling- cooling
Complex system Simple
Cooling is a big Easy to cool
issue
Geared v/s Gearless
Transmission

Geared Gearless
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
Geared v/s Gearless
Transmission

Geared Gearless
Efficiency Efficiency

Due to friction hunting As very little friction plays

very while transmitting; the
and back lash hunting and back lash one
efficiency cannot be absent
more than 55%.
Efficiency as high as 90% to
Generally used for the 92% is possible in gearless
transmission mechanism.
applications where
efficiency s less than
 Materials
S.No. Part Material Quantity
name
1 Cylinders MS 2
2 Bearings CI 4
3 Shaft MS 2
4 Bentlinks MS 3
5 Frame MS 1
 ADVANTAGES

Complete freedom of Interchangeability.

More efficient than gear.
Power could be transferred to any desired angle.
Ease of manufacturing.
Misalignment of shafts can be tolerated to some
extent.
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 replaced after certain cycle time.

Speed ratio is always constant 1:1.

 Future Aspects
Torque bearing capacity can be improved.

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.
THANK YOU.