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CHAPTER 5
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Test rig was developed with the support of Alpha Drives, Power
Take Off (PTO) gearbox manufacturer, Coimbatore. „G 600 VO PTO‟ gearbox
is one of the products of the company for which, the test rig was not available.
Therefore, a test rig was developed for that particular application, and the same
gearbox was used for the investigation. PTO is a gearbox attached to the
transmission system of a truck (Figure 5.1).
generators, etc., (David 2008). The operation of the gearbox depends upon its
material, design, manufacturing, and so forth.
The second case of arrangement is, giving input power to PTO from
the motor through the transmission system as depicted in Figure 5.5.
If the input power for the PTO is given through the transmission
system, gear in the counter shaft aperture and pinion from the PTO input shaft
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are engaged with sufficient backlash because, the too tight backlash will
produce whining noise and too loose backlash will produce clattering noise.
Backlash can be examined using dial gauge.
PTO consists of two shafts, one input and one output shaft. Input
shaft consists of two gears one is engaged with the transmission system‟s
counter shaft gear. If power is to be given through transmission system this
arrangement is used. Another one is engaged with the output shaft of the PTO
with speed ratio of 1:1.25. If the purpose is just to test the gears, input shaft can
be instantly linked to the motor. Figure 5.6 shows the 3D model of PTO.
Figure 5.7 shows the cross sectional view of PTO from which, the
position of test gear can be noticed. In the cross sectional view, laminated gear
is positioned in the place of test gear.
Figure 5.8 shows the fabricated PTO which describes the two ways
of input which can be applied to the PTO. Specification of gear and output
shaft pinion subjected to the investigation is shown in Table 4.1, Chapter 4.
PTO used in this test rig is designed for S.A.E standard pertaining to
transmission mounted Power Take-Off s (J704, J22, J2662 and J2555).
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Hydraulic oil used here is ISO VG68, which has the good anti wear
capability. This high-quality oil is utilized in a variety of mobile and industrial
applications (Petroleum Service Company 2013). Performance curve for ISO
VG 68 is shown Figure 5.13 (Hydraulics and Pneumatics 2013).
Figure 5.17 shows the sound level meter (Lutron made Model:SL-
4001) ranging from 30 to 130 dB is used to monitor the sound level of the PTO
gear box (Akerblom 2008), which is placed at a distance of 1m from the gear
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5.7 CONCLUSION