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FAN BLADES
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0
Dr. Herli Surjanhata
In a system window, create a new directory for fan blades under ME-430 (e.g. H:\ME-430\Fan Blades). From File pull down menu, select Set Working Directory. Select Working Directory dialog box appears
Navigate the file system to Fan Blades directory to highlight it and select OK. All files created in this session will be stored in Fan Blades directory.
The default units of Pro/E is mmns_part_solid. Type FAN BLADES in the DESCRIPTION box, and Your Name in the MODELED_BY box. Click OK since the part will have mm units. Click OK in the New dialog box. The default datum planes appear in the graphics area.
Click Define.
Pick FRONT datum plane as Sketch Plane, accept default (Sketch Orientation Reference) and click the Sketch button .
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to dimension the
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Set the radius of round to 10 mm. Pick the location as shown below.
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Pick the surface as shown below as sketching plane. For Sketch Orientation, pick RIGHT datum plane as Reference, then select Right for Orientation.
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to create a cut.
For the depth, select Thru ALL . Pick Placement -> Define.
Pick the end face of the post as shown as sketching plane. For Sketch Orientation, pick RIGHT datum plane as Reference, then select Right for Orientation.
Click Sketch.
to change the display to hidden line. Draw the following section for the Click through all cut see figure below.
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to trim section. Pick left part of the circle. Be sure to dimension it as shown. Click . , and then pick
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- Thicken Pick Sketch tool. Enter 2 mm as thickness. For the depth, pick Extrude up to next surface option Pick Placement -> Define. .
Pick the end face of the post as shown as sketching plane. For Sketch Orientation, pick RIGHT datum plane as Reference, then select Right for Orientation. Note that it is default orientation.
Click Sketch. From Sketch pull-down menu, select References For additional references, pick the two circular edges as shown.
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Click the yellow arrow to change the direction of the extrusion see figure.
Now pattern the rib. Left-click and then right-click Extrusion 4 (rib). Select Pattern
Select the Axis option to create pattern. Pick axis A-2 the center axis as Datum Axis to be pattern center. Enter 5 as the number of pattern and 72 degrees as pattern angle.
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Create Blades
Create a datum plane through an axis and make an angle -5 degrees from the FRONT datum plane see figure below. Create Datum Plane Tool .
Click OK. The newly created datum plane is DTM1. Create another new datum plane through the center axis A_2 and perpendicular to the one of the edges of the rib see figure. Create Datum Plane Tool .
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Click OK. The resulted datum plane is DTM2. Now create a blade using datum on the fly and thicken sketch technique. Select Extrude Tool .
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- Thicken Pick Sketch tool. Enter 2 mm as thickness. For the depth, pick Extrude up to selected curve, point or surface option .
Pick the outer cylindrical surface of hub. Pick Placement -> Define.
Create a new datum plane as sketching plane. Move the Sketch dialog box to uncover the Datum Plane Tool. Select Datum Plane Tool .
Pick the datum plane that is perpendicular to the rib (DTM2), and enter Offset Translation 150 mm.
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Click OK. The new datum plane DTM3 is now created and taken as the sketching plane. Accept default orientation (TOP datum plane as Reference, and Top as the Orientation).
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Click Sketch. Pick the center axis as additional sketching reference. Also select the bottom edge of the ribs.
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Important Note: The spline curve must be smooth, and consisted of five points. Smooth curve is important in fan blade design.
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To make the blade smaller toward the center hub, create a 15 draft for the blade.
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Click References to expand the dialog box. Pick the right face of the blade as the draft surface.
Click the box under Draft hinges to activate the selection. Pick the vertical edge of the right corner of the blade.
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Click the box under Pull direction to activate it. Select the front face of the blade.
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Repeat the same procedure to create the second draft on the left side of the blade. Click Draft Tool .
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Next figure shows the Pull direction surface and draft angle.
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Right-click Group LOCAL_GROUP, and select Rename. Change the name to BLADE.
Select Axis option as the method for defining the pattern. Pick the center axis A_2 as a Datum Axis. Enter 5 for the number of pattern members. Enter 72 degree for the angle between pattern members.
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