MECHANICAL ENGINEER LICENSURE EXAMINATION
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MACHINE DESIGN: Power Chain
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the
box corresponding to the Letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil
no. 2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the rotative
speed of the driven sprocket.
A. 400 rpm B. 420 rpm C. 440 rpm D. 460 rpm
2. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the number of
teeth of the driven sprocket.
A. 32 teeth B. 34 teeth C. 30 teeth D. 28 teeth
3. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the pitch
diameters of driving and driven sprockets in inches.
A. 6. 43 ; 10.04 B. 7.82 ; 11.95 C. 8.64 ; 12.85 D. 5.73 ; 9.55
4. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the outside
diameters of driving and driven sprockets.
A. 6. 27 ; 10.11 B. 8.27 ; 14.11 C. 4.27 ; 8.11 D. 10.27 ; 14.11
5. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the peripheral
velocity or chain speed.
A. 1,050 fpm B. 1,250 fpm C. 1,450 fpm D. 850 fpm
6. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the center to
center distance between sprockets.
A. 10.45 inches B. 12.415 inches C. 16.45 inches D. 14.45 inches
7. The driving sprocket has 18 teeth rotates at 700 rpm and pitch of chain is 1 inch. The velocity ratio is 5/3. Determine the length of
the chain in pitches.
A. 52 pitches B. 54 pitches C. 56 pitches D. 50 pitches
8. The three strand No. 80 roller chain has a rating of 25 kW for a single strand. The service factor may be taken equal to 1.2 and
multiple-strand factor is 2.7. Determine the power that can be transmitted.
A. 56.25 kW B. 61.5 kW C. 66.5 kW D. 51.25 kW
9. A 4 inches diameter shaft is driven at 3,600 rpm by a 400 hp motor. The shaft drives a 48 inches diameter chain sprocket
having an output efficiency of 85 %. The output force of the driving sprocket and the output of the driven sprocket are _____.
A. 200 lb and 250 hp B. 261.6 lb and 300 hp C. 291.66 lb and 340 hp D. none of these
10. A certain farm equipment which requires 2 200 Newton - meter torque at 500 rpm has a Diesel engine to operate at 1 500 rpm
as its prime mover. A No. 60 roller chain with a total length of 60 pitches and a small sprocket with 23 teeth are to be used
with an operating temperature to remain constant at 45 0C. Determine the number of teeth of the larger sprocket.
A. 70 B. 69 C. 68 D. 69
Situational Problem ( 11 – 13 )
A roller chain and sprocket is to drive vertical centrifugal discharge bucket elevator; the pitch of the chain connecting sprockets is
1.75 inches. The driving sprocket is rotating at 120 rpm and has 11 teeth while the driven sprocket is rotating at 38 rpm.
Determine:
11. The number of teeth of the driven sprocket.
A. 40 B. 35 C. 50 D. 45
12. The length of the chain in pitches if the minimum center distance is equal to the diameter of the bigger sprocket.
A. 60 B. 54 C. 48 D. 42
13. The roller chain speed in fpm.
A. 172.5 B. 162.5 C. 182.5 D. 192.5
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given:
Roller Chain drive
P = 1.75 inches
nd = 120 rpm
nD = 38 rpm
Nd = 11 teeth
Solution:
solving for the number of teeth of the driven sprocket
nd 120
ND = Nd = 11 = 34.74 teeth ≈ 35 teeth
nD 38
solving for the length of roller chain
P 1.75"
diameter of larger sprocket, DD = = = 19.523"
1800 1800
sin sin
ND 35
center distance, C = DD = 19.523"
C 19.523
Cp = = = 11.156 pitches
P 1.75
Nd + ND ( ND – Nd ) 2 11 + 35 ( 35 – 11 ) 2
L = 2 Cp + + = 2 ( 11.156 ) + +
2 40 Cp 2 40 ( 11.156 )
L = 46.6 pitches ≈ 48 pitches
diameter of the driving sprocket
nD 38
Dd = DD = 19.523 = 6.18"
Nd 120
solving for the chain speed
P Nd nd 1.75 ( 11 ) ( 120 )
vm = = = 192.5 fpm
12 12
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