Workshop 6 Pump Model Assembly

Introduction
In this workshop you will create a single part instance of each component of the pump model and use the different positioning techniques available in ABAQUS/CAE to position the part instances relative to each other in a global coordinate system.

Instancing and positioning the pump housing

1. From the main menu bar, select FileOpen and open the model database file PumpAssy.cae. 2. Switch to the Assembly module, and select pump_ribs from the list of available models. Note that since you imported the pump housing as a model, an instance of the part PUMP-1 has already been created. No further positioning of this part instance is required.

Instancing and positioning the gasket

1. From the main menu bar, select InstanceCreate to create an instance of the part named gasket. You must position the gasket such that its top surface touches the bottom surface of the pump housing. The most convenient way to do this is to use the Face to Face positioning constraint. 3. From the main menu bar, select ConstraintFace to Face. Select any element face on the bottom of the pump housing as the face on the movable part instance. To facilitate the selection of a planar face on the fixed part instance (i.e., the gasket), you will suppress the visibility of the pump housing. 4. From the main menu bar, select View Assembly Display Options and suppress the visibility of instance PUMP-1 in the Instance tabbed page. 5. Select the top face of the gasket as the face on the fixed part instance. You should now see two arrows pointing in opposite directions in the viewport, as shown in Figure W61. (You may need to select View Auto-Fit from the main menu bar to see this.)

gasket

pump housing

Figure W61. Housing and gasket arrows initially point in opposite directions

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The pump housing will be moved so that its arrow points in the same direction as that of the gasket. 6. Click Flip in the prompt area to reverse the direction of the arrow on the pump housing so that both arrows point in the same direction. When both arrows point in the same direction, click OK in the prompt area. 7. Accept 0.0 as the default distance from the fixed plane along its normal. 8. Use the assembly display options to restore the visibility of the pump housing. 9. Verify that the pump housing is now exactly on top of the gasket. Tip: Use the Query tools to calculate the distance between a point on the lower surface of the pump housing and a point on the top surface of the gasket. If the pump is exactly on top of the gasket, the third component of the distance vector should be zero.

Instancing and positioning the cover

1. Instance the part named cover. The cover must be rotated such that the rounded side of the cover is inside the pump. This requires rotating the cover about the global 1-axis. 10. From the main menu bar, select InstanceRotate. Select the cover when prompted for the instance to be rotated. Tip: Click Instance List in the prompt area to select the cover from a feature list. This is often easier than selecting instances from the viewport. 11. Enter the coordinates of the origin (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) as the start point for the axis of rotation. 12. Enter (1.0, 0.0, 0.0) as the coordinates of the end point for the axis of rotation. 13. Enter 180.0 as the angle of rotation. See Figure W62 for the configuration after the rotation operation (note the visibility of the pump housing has been suppressed in this figure).

Figure W62. Gasket and cover 14. The cover also needs to be positioned so that its top touches the bottom of the gasket. Use the Contact constraint to position the top of the cover with respect to the bottom of the gasket. Alternatively, you could also use the Face to Face constraint.

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15. From the main menu bar, select ConstraintContact. 16. Select the top face of the cover (shown in Figure W63) when prompted for the face of the movable part instance.

face of fixed part instance (gasket)

face of movable part instance (cover)

Figure W63. Positioning of cover relative to the gasket 17. Select the bottom face of the gasket (shown in Figure W63) when prompted for the face of the fixed part instance. 18. Pick a point on the top surface of the cover as a start point for the direction of contact, as shown in Figure W64

end point

start point

Figure W64. Contact positioning constraint 19. Select a point on the bottom surface of the gasket as the end point for the direction of contact, as shown in Figure W64. 20. When prompted for a clearance between the surfaces, enter a value of 0.0. 21. Verify that the gasket is now just in contact with the cover.

Instancing and positioning the bolts

1. Instance the part n_bolts. 22. The bolts will be in position when their ends are aligned with the bottom of the cover. Use the Face to Face constraint to accomplish this task. The pump assembly with the bolts in their final positions should look similar to that shown in FigureW65.

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Figure W65. Final positions of the bolts The complete assembly is shown in Figure W66.

Figure W66. Complete pump assembly 23. Save your model as PumpAssy.cae.