Author.

Nicu Pocora MICROINCH CLAMPING

DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 1
CLAMPING DEVICE CALCULUS
We calculate clamping force from the screw F
s
[N] with formula:
F
s
M
tc
2 z d
a

[N] where:
M
tc
- calculus torsion moment [N*mm] which is given by formula:
M
tc
c M
t
= [N*mm] where:
M
t
- blocking torsion moment [N*mm] which is given by formula:
M
t
F
cil
d
a
2

ferodou

b
a
= [N*mm] where:
F
cil
- air cylinder force [N]
F
cil
d
cil
2

4
p
aer
= [N] where:
Author. Nicu Pocora MICROINCH CLAMPING
DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 2
mm
M
t
F
cil
d
a
2

ferodou

b
a
:= N*mm
M
t
709936.1261 = N*mm
c - assembly safety coefficient c 1.2 = 1.8 ..
I adopted: c 1.8 :=
M
tc
c M
t
:= N*mm M
tc
1277885.027 = N*mm
- friction coefficient from brake wheel and new clamping element
0.15 = 0.20 ..
I adopted: 0.15 :=
z - number of screws from new clamping device z 4 :=
d
cil
100 := mm cylinder diameter
p
aer
0.63 := MPa air pressure from inside cylinder
F
cil
d
cil
2

4
p
aer
:= N
F
cil
4948.0084 = N
For safety reasons I consider that the clamping force is given by the air
cylinder not by the spring compression. The air cylinder is using for unlock the
microinch brake in real conditions. That means the air cylinder force is elder than
spring compression force.

ferodou
- friction coefficient from brake wheel and brake friction element

ferodou
0.3 :=
d
a
- brake wheel diameter [mm]
d
a
355 := mm
b 485 := mm
arms lenght according to actual situation
a 180 :=
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 3
[mm] where: l
cnec
2 F
s
z
d
a

as

We calculate the necessary contact lenght from the new clamping element and brake wheel
l
cnec
[mm] with formula:
[N] N 26400 =
[N] N 2 z F
s
:=
We calculate the normal force N [N] from the contact surphace between brake wheel and
clamping element
With clamping force F
s
[N] we go to calculate the screws of clamping lock
device.
[N] F
s
3300 =
[N] F
s
ceil
M
tc
2 z d
a

1.1
|

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|
]

:=
Clamping force from the screw F
s
[N] is given by:
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 4
where: MPa
at1
c
c

021
=

at1
- tensile limit stress of screw material [MPa]
N F 3300 =
N F F
s
:=
F - tensile force from the screw [N]
k

1.5 :=
k

- coefficient which consider the aditional torsion stress inside the clamping screw
where: N d
c
4 k

F

at1

=
Internal thread screw diameter d
c
[mm] is given by tensile stress condition with formula:
Initial screw sizing
[mm] l
c
120 :=
The contact lenght l
c
[mm] from the new clamping element and brake
wheel it is adopted by the size and number of clamping screws
[mm] l
cnec
1 =
[mm] l
cnec
ceil
2 F
s
z
d
a

as

1.1
|

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]

:=
[MPa]
as
85 :=

as
- crush limit stress from the material of new clamping element and brake wheel
material [MPa]
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 5
d outer thread diameter of screw [mm] d 10 =
d
2
medium thread diameter of screw [mm] d
2
9.026 =
d
1
inner thread diameter of screw [mm] d
1
8.376 =
sides of thread angle 60 :=
From standards I adopted the metric thread M10 x 1.5 with following dimensions:
mm d
c
6.2762 =
mm d
c
4 k

F

at1

:=
MPa
at1
160 =
MPa
at1
c
c

021
:=
c
c
0.25 :=
c
c
- safety coefficient for tensile limit stress
MPa
021
640 :=

021
- flow limit of screw material which is made by steel with mechanical
characteristics 8.8
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 6
degrees
p 1.5 = d
2
9.026 =

2
3.02805728 = degrees
- friction angle between screw and nut materials
atan

cos

180

1
2

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|
]

\
|
]
]

180

:= degrees
7.88890305 = degrees

2
< Self brake condition is done.
Asignation the material and mechanical
characteristics for the nut
The nut is made by steel with mechanical characteristics group 8.

022
640 := MPa flow limit for nut material
p 1.5 = p pitch screw thread [mm]
D 10 = D nominal thread diameter of nut [mm]
D
1
8.376 = D
1
inner thread diameter of nut [mm]
D
4
10 = D
4
outer thread diameter of nut [mm]
D
2
9.026 = D
2
medium thread diameter of nut [mm]
Friction coefficient steel/steel 0.12 :=
Crushing limit stress for screw material p
s
[MPa] p
s
50 := MPa
Checking self brake condition
Self brake condition supoze that the screw not self loosen after tightening with the
wrench. That condition is made when:
2
< where

2
- medium inclination thread coil angle [degrees]

2
atan
p
d
2

\
|
]

180

:=
Author. Nicu Pocora MICROINCH CLAMPING
DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 7
F 3300 = N
z
c
2.8159 = coils
The nut number of coils z [spire] is adopted with:
z ceil z
c
( ) := coils
z 3 = coils
It calculate the useful height of nut h
up
[mm]
h
up
z p := mm
p 1.5 =
h
up
4.5 = mm
It calculate the chamfer thread height c [mm]
c
1
2
p := mm

ac2
- limit stress compression for nut material [MPa]

ac2
c
c

022
:= MPa

ac2
160 = MPa
Establish the height nut
It calculate the necessary thread contact coils between screw and nut z
c
[coils]
z
c
4 F
d
2
D
1
2
( ) p
s

:= coils where:
D
1
8.376 = mm D
1
inner thread diameter of nut [mm]
d 10 = mm d outer thread diameter of screw [mm]
p
s
50 = MPa crushing limit stress for screw material p
s
[MPa]
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 8
Checking is made in hypothesis that the thread coil is looking like a curved girdle
embedded on base cylinder, which for simplification is deployed and begin like a right
embedded girdle stressed at bending momment given by force F/z which is located on the
midle contact surpface of thread.
Backlash thread a [mm]
a
D
4
d
4
:= mm
D
4
10 = d 10 =
a 0 = mm
Bending momment on thread coil screw M
i1
[N*mm] is given by formula:
M
i1
F
z
d D
1

4
a +
|

\
|
]

:= N*mm
F 3300 = z 6.6667 = d 10 = D
1
8.376 =
M
i1
200.97 = N*mm
h
trs
- Breaking up section height for coil screw [mm]
c 0.75 = mm
Nut total height is h [mm]
h h
up
2 c + := mm
h 6 = mm
In accordance for the assemblies steel/steel I adopted:
h d := mm
h 10 = mm
The real number of thread coils of nut z [spire] is adopted by:
z
h
p
:= coils
z 6.6667 = coils
Checking the thread of screw and nut
Checking the thread of screw and nut at bending momment
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 9
h
trp
- Breaking up section height for coil nut [mm]
N*mm M
i2
200.97 =
N*mm M
i2
F
z
d D
1

4
a +
|

\
|
]

:=
Bending momment on thread coil nut M
i2
[N*mm] is given by formula:
Screw coil thread resist at bending stress
i1

ai1

MPa
ai1
160 =
bending limit stress for screw
material
MPa
ai1

at1
:=
MPa
i1
36.2069 =
MPa
i1
M
i1
W
z1
:=
Actual bending stress
i1
[MPa] for thread coil screw is given by:
mm
3
W
z1
5.5506 =
d
1
8.376 =
mm
3
W
z1
d
1
h
trs
2

6
:=
W
z1
- Axial modulus of section for screw thread coil [mm
3
]
mm h
trs
1.125 = p 1.5 =
mm h
trs
p 1
1
4

\
|
]

:=
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 10

i2

ai2
Nut coil thread resist at bending stress
Checking the thread of screw and nut at shearing
Shearing stress is determinate in hypothesis that the force F/z, per one coil thread, act
on root coil thread on the cylinder with diameter d
1
for screw and D
4
for nut.
A
fs
- shearing section for coil screw thread [mm
2
] is given by:
A
fs
d
1
h
trs
:= mm
2
d
1
8.376 = h
trs
1.125 =
A
fs
29.6032 = mm
2

af1
- shearing limit stress for screw material [MPa]

af1
0.7
at1
:= MPa
at1
160 = MPa

af1
112 = MPa
Actual shearing stress for screw material
fs
[MPa]

fs
F
z A
fs

:= MPa
h
trp
p 1
1
8

\
|
]

:= mm
p 1.5 = h
trp
1.3125 = mm
W
z2
- Axial modulus of section for nut thread coil [mm
3
]
W
z2
D
4
h
trp
2

6
:= mm
3
D
4
10 = h
trp
1.3125 =
W
z2
9.0198 = mm
3
Actual bending stress
i2
[MPa] for thread coil nut is given by:

i2
M
i2
W
z2
:= MPa

i2
22.281 = MPa

ai2

ac2
:= bending limit stress for nut material

ai2
160 = MPa
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 11
MPa
F 3300 = z 6.6667 = A
fp
35.3429 =

fp
14.0056 = MPa

fp

af2
Nut coil thread resist at shearing stress
Checking screw and nut at joint action stress
Considering that the screw and nut are joint action stressed at axial force tensile
stress and torsion stress the checking calculus is made in maximum tangential stress by
formula:

ech

t
2
4
t
2
+
at
= where:

t
normal tensile stress given by axial force

t
tangential stress given by torsion stress

t
F
A
ef
= [MPa] where:
A
efs

4
d
1
2
:= [mm
2
] actual sectional
area of screw
F 3300 = z 6.6667 = A
fs
29.6032 =

fs
16.7211 = MPa
af1
112 = MPa

fs

af1
Screw coil thread resist at shearing stress
A
fp
- shearing section for coil nut thread [mm
2
] is given by:
A
fp
D
4
h
trs
:= mm
2
D
4
10 = h
trs
1.125 =
A
fp
35.3429 = mm
2

af2
- shearing limit stress for nut material [MPa]

af2
0.7
ac2
:= MPa

af2
112 = MPa
Actual shearing stress for nut material
fp
[MPa]

fp
F
z A
fp

:=
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 12
mm
3
W
pp
D
ep
3

16
1
D
4
D
ep
|

\
|
]

:= mm
3
W
pp
681.5293 = mm
3
T
maxs
1
2
F
CE
d
2
tan
2
+
( )
F
CE
R
m
+ = N*mm where:
R
m
1
3
D
ec
3
D
ic
3

D
ec
2
D
ic
2

= mm
D
ec
d 1.6 := D
ic
d 1.1 :=
D
ic
11 = mm D
ec
16 = mm
R
m
1
3
D
ec
3
D
ic
3

D
ec
2
D
ic
2

:= mm
R
m
6.8272 = mm
T
maxs
1
2
F d
2
tan
2
+
( )
F R
m
+ := N*mm
T
maxs
5576.0483 = N*mm
A
efs
55.1015 = [mm
2
]
D
ep
d 1.6 := mm outer diameter of nut
D
ep
16 = mm
A
efp

4
D
ep
2
D
4
2
( ) := [mm
2
] actual sectional area of nut
A
efp
122.5221 = [mm
2
]

ts
F
A
efs
:= [MPa]

ts
59.8895 = [MPa]

tp
F
A
efp
:= [MPa]

tp
26.9339 = [MPa]

t
T
max
W
p
= [MPa]
W
ps
d
1
3

16
:= mm
3
W
ps
115.3825 =
Author. Nicu Pocora MICROINCH CLAMPING
DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 13
It calculate the total tightening torque of screw M
tot
[N*mm]
Tightening torque screw calculus
nut resist at joint action stress
echp

ac2
<
[MPa]
ac2
160 = [MPa]
echp
28.2222 =
[MPa]
echp

tp
2
4
tp
2
+ :=
screw resist at joint action stress
echs

at1
<
[MPa]
at1
160 = [MPa]
echs
113.704 =
[MPa]
echs

ts
2
4
ts
2
+ :=
[MPa]
tp
4.2148 =
[MPa]
tp
T
maxp
W
pp
:=
[MPa]
ts
48.3266 =
[MPa]
ts
T
maxs
W
ps
:=
N*mm T
maxp
2872.4927 =
N*mm T
maxp
1
2
F d
2
tan
2
+
( )
:=
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DEVICE CALCULUS
Pag. 14
M
tot
F
1
2
d
2
tan
2
+
( )
R
m
+
|

\
|
]

10
3
:= N*m
M
tot
5.576 = N*m
Q
M
tot
l
m
= N
l
m
0.3 := m wrench lenght
Q
M
tot
l
m
:= N
Q 18.5868 = N