UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA
FAKULTI TEKNOLOGI DAN KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL
DMKU 2223 – MEKANIK MESIN
Tutorial 1
Belt Drive
1. A prime pulley running at 300 rpm drives a D.C generator at 500 rpm by a belt drive.
Given that, a diameter of the prime pulley is 60 cm. Assuming slip of 3 per cent, determine
the diameter of generator pulley, if the belt thickness is 6mm.
[ Answer : 0.346 m ]
2. A pulley is 15 cm in a diameter mounted on induction motor shaft running at 950 rpm
drives a main shaft at 300 rpm by belt drive. The belt is 5 mm thickness and 15 cm wide.
Determine the size of the pulley on the main shaft if there is slip of 4 percent between the
belt and each pulley.
[ Answer : 0.447 m ]
3. The diameter of a pulley on the driving shaft rotating at 120 rpm is 60cm. A countershaft
is to be driven at 300 rpm by an open belt drive, µ = 0.3 and the distance between the
centre line of the shaft is 2.4 meters. Determine the tension on the tight and slack side of
the belt to transmit 3kW power.
[ Answer : T1 =1343 N, T2 = 547 N ]
4. A driver pulley with a diameter of 200mm is connected to a power source with speed of
1500 rpm. A driven pulley with a diameter 800mm is connected to a driver pulley using a
flat belt. The distances between these two pulleys are 1m in an open belt drive
arrangement. If the tension at the tight side is 800 N, find :
a) Maximum power transmitted if the pulley is in inelastic condition and the weight of the
belt can be neglected.
b) Maximum power transmitted if the pulley is in inelastic condition and the weight of the
belt is considered.
c) Maximum power transmitted if the pulley is in elastic condition and the effect of the
centrifugal is considered.
Given A = 4 x 10-6 m2; E = 300 MPa; m = 0.4 kg/m and =0.4.
[ Answer : 8.02 kW ; 7.03 kW ; 4.41 kW ]
5. A pulley with a diameter of 200mm driving another pulley with a speed of 1750 rpm by
an open belt drive. The diameter of the driven pulley is 800mm. The distance between 2
shafts is 1m and the weight of belt is 0.5 kg/m and maximum allowance tension is 800N.
a) If the coefficient of friction of the belt is 0.3, determine the difference of the maximum
tension of the belt.
b) If the modulus of elasticity E is 500MN/mm2 and the cross section of the belt is 400mm2,
determine the maximum velocity of the driven pulley and the power transmitted.
[ Answer : 337 N ; 6.18 kW ]
6. A belt drive consists of two V-belts in parallel, on grooved pulleys of the same size. The
angle of the groove is 30 . The cross sectional area of each belt is 750 mm2 and µ =
0.12. The density of the belt material is 1.2 Mg/m3 and the maximum safe stress (σ) in
the material is 7 MN/ m2. Calculate the power that can be transmitted between pulleys
of 300 mm diameter rotating at 1500 rev/min. Find also the shaft speed in rev/min at
which the power transmitted would be maximum. [Formulas: , , ]
[ Answer : 172 kW; 2807 rev/min]
