LAB EXPERIMENT 03

Rotary Speed &

Stroboscope

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To Determine the Speed of Revolving Components of Textile

Machines by Using Stroboscope (Speed of a Traveler on Ring Frame)
PERFORMANCE/OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this experiment, the student will be able to:

Understand the concept of rotatory speed

Measure speed of traveler on ring frame and other rotating components of textile
machines by using stroboscope.
Know the working principle and use of stroboscope.

TOOLS:
Stroboscope, Ring frame (or any other textile machine containing rotatory parts).

THEORY:
Stroboscope is a device used to measure the rotary and oscillating speeds by making revolving
or oscillating object appears to be at rest. It is widely used to measure the rotary part of the
machine. The principle of stroboscope is based on the frequency of flashing light. The machine
component seems stationary when the frequency of flashing light is equal to the speed of the
machine component, which is to be observed.
The operation of the stroboscope is worthy of a slight digression. It depends on the
phenomenon of persistence of vision in the human eye and operates by illuminating, for a very
brief period of time the machinery under inspection at a precisely repeated time interval of
extremely short duration. This time interval may be varied by adjustment of the stroboscope
controls, so that a series of rapid flashes of light, each lasting perhaps a milliseconds or less, is
directed at the moving machinery. If a particular point on the moving machine happens to be in
precisely the same position at each time an illuminating flashes reaches it, the human eye and
brain interpret this coincidence by assuming that the point has not moved between successive
flashes. As a result, a stationary image of point, and hence of the entire piece of the mechanism
of which it is a part, is seen under the illumination. Practical operation of the instrument merely
consists in adjusting the stroboscope controls until the part being examined appears stationary,
this being followed by a reading of its vehicle on the calibrated scale of of the device.

PROCEDURE:
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Switch the ring frame and start manufacturing of yarn (or any other textile machine).
Switch on the stroboscope.
Put the flash light of stroboscope on the rotating traveler (or rotating part of machine).
Vary the frequency of the flash until the rotating part seems still.
Note the rate of flashes on the display of stroboscope and that is the speed of rotating
pat in rpm.
6. Repeat the same for the 5 times and note the reading.
7. Calculate the average speed.

CALCULATION
Average rotatory speed = N = N/n, where n is number of observations

EXPERIMENT RESULTS / OBSERVATIONS

Individual reading of speed taken by stroboscope in revolution/minute.

Average speed
Observation Number
1
2
3
4
5
Average Velocity = N rpm

Reading on stroboscope = N (RPM)

TEST RESULT / OBSERVATIONS:

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REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What is the function of flash light in the stroboscope?
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2. What is the difference between stroboscope and tachometer?
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3. Calculate the angular speed of traveler in rad/s? (Hint! Angular speed in rad/s = N in rpm
x (2/60); Find data from practical done)
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Final checklist

Clean your apparatus and work bench before you leave.

Keep the apparatus back to their proper places.
Submit your answers to questions and results before the next laboratory experiment
according to the time table.