Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department

Machine Design-I (UME-408)

ODDSEM/2021-22

Tutorial Sheet No 8
(Design & Selection of Belt drive)

Q1 Design a belt drive to transmit 110 kW for a system consisting of two pulleys of diameters 0.9 m
. and 1.2 m, centre distance of 3.6 m, a belt speed 20 m / s, coefficient of friction 0.3, a slip of 1.2%
at each pulley and 5% friction loss at each shaft, 20% over load. Determine the belt tensions.
Completely specify the belt. Assuming the belt material as leather (say, density=1000 kg/m 3 and
safe tensile stress of the belt is 2.5 MPa). If the thickness of belt is 15 mm, determine the width of
the belt based on maximum tension. Completely specify the belt.
Q2 It is required to select an open flat belt drive to connect two transmission shafts rotating at 800 and
. 400 rpm respectively. The belt should operate at a velocity between 17.8 to 22.9 m/s. The centre to
centre distance between the shafts is not to exceed 3 m. The power transmitted by the belt is 30
kW and the load correction factor is 1.3. Neglecting the slip between belt and pulley and assuming
belt rating of 0.0147 kW per mm width per ply, select a Dunlop transmission belt. Completely
specify the belt and pulleys.
Q3 A V belt is to be designed to transmit 20 kW from 300 mm motor pulley running at 1440 rpm to a
900 mm compressor pulley. The centre distance between pulleys is 1 m, the density of the
composite belt is 970 kg/m3 and the allowable tension on the belt is 850 N. The nominal top width
and nominal height of the belt cross-section are 22 mm and 14 mm, respectively. The belt angle
for this V belt is 400 and coefficient of friction between the belt and pulley can be taken as 0.2.
Calculate the power that will be transmitted per belt and number of belts to transmit the required
20 kW power.
Q4 A V-belt drive is required for a 15-kW, 1440 rpm electric motor, which drives a centrifugal pump
running at 360 rpm for a service of 24 hours per day. From space considerations, the centre
distance should be approximately 1 m. Determine
(i) belt specifications;
(ii) number of belts;
(iii) correct centre distance;
(iv) pulley diameters; and
(v) sketch the section of standard V-grooved pulley and show the dimensions.
[(i) B 3600 Lp: V-belt (ii) 3 (3.097) belts (iii) 968.12 mm (iv) 200 and 800 mm]