Optimal design of helical reducers for cement equipment

Abstract

The trends in raising the technical level of multistage helical reducers for drives of cement, metallurgical and other heavy equipment are considered. An interactive method for optimizing the geometrical parameters of reducers with various gear ratios is proposed, which ensures equal strength of the stages in contact and bending endurance. It is shown that an increase in the hardness of the teeth requires an increase of the module and helical angle of the teeth, limitation of gear ratios, and to reduce the difference in center distances of adjacent stages. When creating a new generation of reducers, the transition to gears with carburized teeth leads to an increase in load capacity of 2.5-3 times. The examples of gear drive design for rotary kilns and ball mills are considered.

Keywords

• Helical reducer
• Contact and bending endurance
• Rotary kilns
• Ball mills