REVIEW ARTICLE
Static and Dynamic Characteristics of the Chain Drive System of a Heavy Duty Apron Feeder
Junzhou Huo, Shiqiang Yu*, Jing Yang, Tao Li
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 7
First Page: 121
Last Page: 128
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-7-121
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01307010121
Article History:
Received Date: 13/8/2013Revision Received Date: 16/9/2013
Acceptance Date: 3/10/2013
Electronic publication date: 29/11/2013
Collection year: 2010
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Mechanical models of a chain drive system are proposed and applied to the theoretical analysis of chain drive system of a certain type of heavy duty apron feeder in mobile crushing station, including a five-bar model discussing the speed fluctuation problems of the chain drive system, an elastic collision model probing the effects of impulsive loads and a model of meshing area revealing the stress of chain links. Theoretical analysis indicates that the teeth number and sprocket pitch have the most influential effect on the vibration in the conveying direction; external impulsive loads are caused a significant increment of chain force, especially when loads caused by large materials; the initial pressure angle affects the roller chain stress conditions immensely. Then, multi-body dynamics models are established for the verification of theoretical results and dynamic simulation. Simulation results are in good agreement with the theoretical results and illustrate that impulsive loads affect chain tension significantly.
