About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021)
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Symposium
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Applications
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Presentation Title |
Optimization of a Worm Gear Assembly Design for Additive Manufacturing |
Author(s) |
Detlev Borstell, Marie-Christine Georg |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Detlev Borstell |
Abstract Scope |
Worm gears are widely used to transmit power at predominantly low speeds and high-speed ratios. Their self-locking characteristic makes them unique to many drive applications. Industrial power requirements are causing forces and tensions mostly prohibiting thermoplastic materials in worm gear drive trains.
Double basses are tuned using a worm gear assembly made from machined steel, brass or cast bronze. Neglectable power requirements and hours of operation, esthetic expectations and the classic luthier’s approach to making such an instrument by hand have excluded the double basses’ tuning assembly from all engineering approaches regarding optimal design and costs.
Manufacturing the traditionally designed double bass worm gear assembly using Additive Manufacturing Processes requires the application of general design rules and the rules of Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) resulting in an optimized gear assembly regarding weight, costs and design properties. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |