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How to Produce Higher RPMs With Pulleys
How to Produce Higher RPMs With Pulleys. Pulleys are devices consisting of a wheel and axle with a grooved notch. Within the notch either a belt, rope, chain or cable rests which transmits the applied force from one pulley to another. Pulleys are considered a simple machine because they produce work by multiplying the input force through a...
Pulleys are devices consisting of a wheel and axle with a grooved notch. Within the notch either a belt, rope, chain or cable rests which transmits the applied force from one pulley to another. Pulleys are considered a simple machine because they produce work by multiplying the input force through a mechanical advantage. Pulleys are used in many applications, including hoisting and drive trains. Pulleys work similarly to differently sized gears. Reducing the size of the secondary pulley in relation to the primary pulley increases the rotational velocity of the secondary pulley. A simple ratio between the pulley diameters and rotational velocities can be used to design the pulley system that meets the design requirements.
Things You'll Need
Drive pulley
Laser tachometer
Secondary pulley
Increasing the RPM of the secondary pulley
Measure the diameter, D1, of the drive (primary) pulley.
Determine the rotations per minute, rpm1, of the drive pulley, using a laser tachometer.
Plug in the desired rpm, rpm2, into the equation D1/D2=rpm2/rpm1 to determine the size of the secondary pulley that will give the desired rotational speed.
Use a laser tachometer to verify that the rotational speed of the secondary pulley meets the design specifications.
Tips & Warnings
Use a series of pulleys of decreasing diameter to gradually increase the rotational velocity of the final pulley.
The units used to measure the diameters of the pulleys are not important as long as the units are consistent for the diameters of all the pulleys within the system.
While using a smaller sized pulley increases the rotational velocity, the torque required to spin the primary pulley will increase.
The more pulleys used in a system increases friction, thereby reducing the efficiency of the drivetrain.
