Alignment Criteria for Gearbox Bearings

issue 2005-10

bull wheel
add. data

Gearbox data
horizontal tooth force Fx
-245808
vertical tooth force Fy
-119935
moment about hor. axis Mx
18348
moment about vert axis My
-21152
pitch diameter
910,7
bearing clearance
bearing A
0,110
bearing clearance
bearing B
0,100

N
N
Nm
Nm
mm
mm
mm

* seen from aft - propeller toward engine

** a positive Mx will load bearing A downward (positiv Y-direction)
*** a positive My will load bearing A in left direction (positiv X-direction)
for coordinate system definition, please see figure on right

date:

26.4.2012

name/sign:
checked/sign:

STED

"+" = directed left*

"+" = directed downward
**
***

Mx>0

view

tooth
forces
100% MCR

0-429-89931
79004/79006
LAF 2346
ABTRIEBSROTOR

direc
tion
of

Drawg. No.
Comm. No.
Gear type
Remark

A
+X

My>0
+Y

Allowable bearing loads in vertical direction; positive force is directed downward

condition 0 0% MCR 0% Rev.
Bearing A Bearing B
bearing force only due
open shaft
nom. force
8800
6096 N to weight
condition 1 0% MCR 0% Rev.
cold+warm
static
max. force
min. force

Bearing A

Bearing B

26670
7040

17790
4870

condition 2 10 % MCR, 100% Rev.

cold+warm
max. force
min.force

Bearing A

Bearing B

17870
-1770

11690
-1220

condition 3
incl. eccentr.
propeller
thrust

100% MCR, 100%Rev.

cold+warm
max. force
min.force

Bearing A

Bearing B

17870
-17880

11690
-11700

Bearing A:
Bearing B:

aft (propeller sided) bearing

forward (engine sided) bearing

applicable
only at
special
gear types

bearing force incl. weight

and alignment forces
N
N
bearing force excl. weight
excl. toothing forces
N only additional alignment
N forces
bearing force excl. weight
excl. toothing forces
N only additional alignment
N forces

the allowance of the bearing loads has to be checked in a tolerance range

this tolerance range should be in min. sag +/- 0.05 mm / gap +/- 0.1 mm/m
Enclosed:
- geometrical and weight data of shaft segments, incl sketch
- datasheet of bearing reaction force calculation, incl. sketch
- datasheet thermal expansion

Reintjes GmbH, Germany

Criteria; criteria_RR

08:28; 26.04.2012

Achslage
einer
Getriebewelle
Datum: 25.4.2012

Abt. Techn. Berechnung

Programmstand
Juni 2005
Blatt: 1 von 2

Designation: ABTRIEBSROTOR
Gearbox Typ: LAF 2346
Drawing no. : 0-429-89931
Dat./Bearb.: 25.4.2012/STED
Work no.
: 79004/79006 Project no.
: 1
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Shaft loaded by wheel no.
I
II
III
IV
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1 Helix angle [beta]..................:
13.50
2 Number of teeth.....................:
87.00
3 Number of teeth meshing gear........:
20.00
4 Centre distance.....................: 560.00
5 Module..............................:
10.00
6 Power/speed ratio [P/n] [kw/upm]....:
12.00
7 Sense of rotation anti-/clockwise...: clockw.
8 Pitch direction.....................:
right
9 Wheel...............................: driven
10 Bearing distance L1.................: 416.00
11 Distance from A to centre wheel le..: 200.00
12 Distance from B to centre wheel lb..: 216.00
13 Pitch-point angle Wx................: 139.06
36 Working pitch-point diameter Dw.....: 910.65
18 Dead weight share bearing A.........: 8800.17
19 Dead weight share bearing B.........: 6095.77
14 Bearing tolerance bearing A(min): 130.00
15 Bearing tolerance bearing A(max): 200.00
16 Bearing tolerance bearing B(min): 120.00
17 Bearing tolerance bearing B(max): 180.00
20 Lenght of spigot case no............:
2
21 Lenght of spigot to bearing centre..: 260.00
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Weel
I
II
III
IV
************************************************************************************
Lines 22-24 tooth forces with sign of direction.
Positive directions:
Ft:clockwise
Fr:to the shaft
Fa: opposite driving direction
22 Ft...:
251668.65
23 Fr...:
107092.93
24 Fa...:
61496.25
27 Fry..:
70174.61
28 Frx..:
-80897.59
29 Fty..:
-190109.54
30 Ftx..:
-164910.50
31 Ax...:
-178476.75
32 Bx...:
-67331.34
33 Ay...:
-18167.88
34 By...:
-101767.06
35 T....:
114591.56
37 Mx...:
18348.11
38 My...:
-21151.78
39 FX...:
-245808.09
40 FY...:
-119934.93
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Forces in [N], torque, moments [T, Mx, My] in [Nm], lengths in [mm]
************************************************************************************
Bearing load figures:
(all forces are reaction forces)
Bearing load
AX: -178476.75 N
BX: -67331.34 N
Bearing load
AY:
-9367.71 N
BY: -95671.29 N
Resulting bearing load
A :
178722.42 N
B : 116989.34 N
Load angle acc. Prolia def.
:
-357.00 DEG
B :
-305.14 DEG

Techn.-Berechnung
25.4.2012

200.0
Ft
Fa

Fr

A
416.0
260.0
DESIGNATION :ABTRIEBSROTOR
PROJECT
:1
WORK NO.
:79004/79006
GEARBOX TYPE:LAF 2346
DRAWING-NR. :0-429-89931

Forces in absolute Values

Ft=
251668.65 N
Fr=
107092.93 N
Fa=
61496.25 N

Schwerpunktsberechnung
rotationssymetrischer
Krper
Datum: 23.4.2012

Abt. Techn. Berechnung

Programmstand
Juli 2005
Blatt: 1 von 1

Raw material
: Stahl
Density
rho
:
0.00000785 kg/mm
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Shaft segments
Pos#
l[mm]
ma[mm]
mi[mm]
X->X0[mm] Xs[mm]
G[kg](Netto)
---------------------------------------------------------------------1
5.00
310.00
50.00
5.00
2.50
2.89
2
55.00
600.00
50.00
60.00
32.50
116.33
3
145.00
250.00
50.00
205.00
132.50
53.64
4
10.00
234.00
50.00
215.00
210.00
3.22
5
45.00
250.00
50.00
260.00
237.50
16.65
6 *
45.00
250.00
50.00
305.00
282.50
16.65
7
35.00
220.00
50.00
340.00
322.50
9.90
8
120.00
904.00
50.00
460.00
400.00
600.69
9
120.00
904.00
50.00
580.00
520.00
600.69
10
59.00
210.00
50.00
639.00
609.50
15.13
11
37.00
210.00
50.00
676.00
657.50
9.49
12 *
37.00
210.00
50.00
713.00
694.50
9.49
13
59.00
180.00
50.00
772.00
742.50
10.88
14
224.00
200.00
50.00
996.00
884.00
51.79
15
21.00
120.00
50.00
1017.00
1006.50
1.54
rim
Pos#
l[mm]
ma[mm]
mi[mm]
X->X0[mm] Xs[mm]
G[kg](Netto)
---------------------------------------------------------------------Shaft segments with additional borings
Pos# mik[mm] numbers
[mm]
l[mm]
Abschnitt-Nr
G[kg]
---------------------------------------------------------------------1
530.00
10
38.00
55.00
2
-4.90
2
650.00
4
26.50
120.00
8
-2.08
3
650.00
4
26.50
120.00
9
-2.08
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Centre of gravity relative to X0
430.24 mm
Centre of gravity to bearing A
Centre of gravity to bearing B

170.24 mm
245.76 mm

Distance between centres of bearings L

Distance X0 -> bearing A

416.00 mm
260.00 mm

Nettoweights of Rotor
1518.96 kg
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Dead weight share bearing A
8800.17 N
Dead weight share bearing B
6095.77 N
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Designation
: ABTRIEBSROTOR
Gearbox Typ
: LAF 2346
Drawing-Nr.
: 2-151-68966
Date / author
: 2.11.2006/STED
Project-Nr.
: 1
Kommission-Nr.
: 1
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260.00

416.00

341.00

2
1

4 5

6 7

430.24
Center of gravity

10 1112 13

14

15

DESIGNATION
PROJECT
WORK NO.
GEARBOX TYPE
DRAWING-NR.
DATE/ AUTHOR

:
:
:
:
:
:

ABTRIEBSROTOR
1
1
LAF 2346
2-151-68966
2.11.2006/STED