1/-Transmission programme

Transmission programme
VTP pulleys

Flexible
couplings
TB pulleys (solid)
Agenda
History & Facts
Range & sizes
Terms
Function
Taper Bush
Belts
Dimensions/tolerances
Cataloque - pulleys
VTP Advantages
Weight reduction
Increased speed
Reduced belt temperature
Other advantages
Samples
Questions ?
 2a/ Facts - VTP pulley

History - facts
History
1998 VTP pulley design invented by Valdemar Birn
1999 Prototypes and loadtests
2000 First VTP pulley on the market
2000 - 2003 Additional tests: Temperature, wear, noice etc.

Today
More than 250.000 VTP pulleys sold in EU
Main applications:
Compressors,
Ventilating plants / Airconditioning
Paper mills,
Agriculture
etc.
 2/- TB/VTP pulley

VTP Pulley
SG Iron GGG 60
SPZ, SPA, SPB, SPC - Diam 170 - 1250 mm

Pulley programme
TB Pulley
Grey Iron GG 25
SPZ, SPA, SPB, SPC - Diam 50 - 236 mm
 Grooves

VTP Pulley
Rim
Arms/spokes
Hub

Shaft

Bush
Screws
VTP Pulley - grooves

Dm ang. lp h b f e
mm deg. mm mm mm mm mm
<= 80 34
SPZ > 80 38
8,5 9 2 8 12
<= 118 34
SPA > 118 38
11 11 2,75 10 15
<= 190 34
SPB > 190 38
14 14 3,5 12,5 19
<= 315 34
SPC > 315 38
19 19 4,75 17 25,5

ISO 4183
 V-belt (Raw edge)
Sealing coat
Cord
V-belts Dm

Compression zone

VTP pulley
Taper Bush

Taper Bushes >>

Advantages
 3/- Adv. Weight reduction

Advantages
1. Weight reduction : 40-50%

2. Increased speed : Up to 100 m/s

3. Reduced belt temperature : 10- 17 deg Celsius

Balancing
Application sample
 4/- Weight reduction

Type Dm Grooves Weight before [kg] Weight VTP [kg] Reduction [kg] Reduction [%]
SPZ 710 8 42,1 24,90 17,20 40,9%
SPZ 800 6 40,6 24,40 16,20 39,9%
SPZ 800 8 43,6 28,30 15,30 35,1%
SPA 630 6 48,9 25,20 23,70 48,5%

Weight reduction
SPA 800 3 40,6 24,40 16,20 39,9%
SPA 800 4 49,9 29,90 20,00 40,1%
SPA 800 5 59,8 35,90 23,90 40,0%
SPA 800 6 67,6 33,00 34,60 51,2%
SPB 400 10 40,6 22,80 17,80 43,8%
SPB 450 10 53,5 29,30 24,20 45,2%
SPB 500 10 60,5 32,90 27,60 45,6%
SPB 560 8 52,3 34,80 17,50 33,5%
SPB 630 6 40,3 27,90 12,40 30,8%

Weight reduction
SPB 630 8 56,2 35,10 21,10 37,5%
SPB 710 5 45,5 33,90 11,60 25,5%

40-50 %
SPB 710 6 56,3 38,20 18,10 32,1%
SPB 800 4 44 35,70 8,30 18,9%
SPB 900 5 66,3 39,80 26,50 40,0%
SPC 335 8 40,4 23,50 16,90 41,8%

Table 1 SPC
SPC
355
375
8
6
43,9
40,9
23,10
19,40
20,80
21,50
47,4%
52,6%

Pulleys reduced SPC

SPC
375
400
8
6
48,5
41,1
26,40
21,40
22,10
19,70
45,6%
47,9%

from more than 40 SPC

SPC
400
425
8
6
55,9
52,7
29,30
30,60
26,60
22,10
47,6%
41,9%

kg to less than 40 SPC

SPC
425
450
8
6
60,9
56,4
32,80
30,60
28,10
25,80
46,1%
45,7%

kg SPC
SPC
450
475
8
6
66,8
57,6
36,90
32,50
29,90
25,10
44,8%
43,6%
SPC 475 8 70 39,60 30,40 43,4%
SPC 500 5 41,1 26,20 14,90 36,3%
SPC 500 6 55,1 34,20 20,90 37,9%
SPC 530 5 54,6 31,00 23,60 43,2%
SPC 530 6 60,1 37,00 23,10 38,4%
SPC 560 4 41,5 25,30 16,20 39,0%
SPC 560 5 57,3 36,30 21,00 36,6%
SPC 560 6 63,8 39,80 24,00 37,6%
SPC 630 3 42,8 27,60 15,20 35,5%
SPC 630 4 50,2 31,80 18,40 36,7%
SPC 710 3 50,5 30,30 20,20 40,0%
Average reduction [%] 40,5%

Table 1
 5/- Weight reduction

Weight reduction

Example
TB SPC 450-8 VTP SPC 450-8
Startup energy
Pulley SPB 400-8 Pulley VTP SPB 400-8

Dm 400 [mm] Dm 400 [mm]

Moment of Inertia 1,2 kgm2 Moment of Inertia 0,614 kgm2

Revolutions 1800 rpm Revolutions 1800 rpm

Avg. number of starts per day 300 Avg. number of starts per day 300

188,5 [s -1] 188,5 [s -1]

Ekin per start 21.318,3 Joule Ekin per start 10.907,9 Joule

Ekin per year (360 days) 2.302.381,3 KJ Ekin per year (360 days) 1.178.051,8 KJ

Pkin 639,6 kWh Pkin 327,2 kWh

Effeciency 0,85 Effeciency 0,85

Pkinmotor per year 752,4 kWh Pkinmotor per year 385,0 kWh

Saving amount kWh per year 367,4 kWh

Price per kWh 0,2

Saving costs per year 73,49 / year
Smaller tension in arms

Because of the tangential

connection between arms and
hub the tensile stress in the
arms will be reduced as the
hub is able to rotate fractions
of degrees during the cooling
period after casting.
 6/- Adv. Increased speed

Advantages
1. Weight reduction : 40-50%

2. Increased speed : Up to 100 m/s

3. Reduced belt temperature : 10- 17 deg Celsius

Balancing
Application sample
 7/- Increased speed

double speed
is
double power!!
Increased speed (test)
Setup:

5 kW motor (n1 = 3000 rpm)

Frequency changer
SPA 200-2, SPA 100-2
SPB 355-4 d3 = SPB 355-4

The SPB 355-4 mountet as shown

with no belts, and the rotational
speed n2 is increased to 7400 min-1 ~
138 m/s.

No damage on pulley, and further

tests were not found expedient. d1 = SPA 200-2 d2 = SPA 100-2
 8/- Adv. Reduced belt temp.

Advantages
1. Weight reduction : 40-50%

2. Increased speed : Up to 100 m/s

3. Reduced belt temp. : 10-17 deg Celsius

Balancing
Application sample
 9/- Reduced belt temperature

Reduced belt temperature

Traditional SPB 250-4 VTP SPB 250-4

(After 2 working hours) (After 2 working hours)
 10/- Reduced belt temperature (results)

Every 10C reduced

belttemperature
=
Reduced belt temperature Double lifelength!!

SPB 250-4 vs. VTP SPB 250-4

Reduced working temperature 3000 rev. / 39,3 m/s

Peripheral speed Power Max T

[m/s] [kw]
1000 min-1 13 46 ~ 5 C

1500 min-1 19,5 66 ~ 5 C

2000 min-1 26 84 ~ 8 C

2500 min-1 32,7 66 ~ 12 C

3000 min-1 39,3 66 ~ 11 C

Results of measuring working temperatures
 11/- Balancing

Advantages
1. Weight reduction : 40-50%

2. Increased speed : Up to 100 m/s

3. Reduced belt temperature : 10- 17 deg Celsius

Balancing
Application sample
 12/- Balancing

Balancing SPC
Number of grooves 3 4 5 6 8 n
Standard balancing grade (ISO 1940) : Face width (B) [mm] 85 110,5 136 161,5 212,5 v= 30
Dm n1 [rev/min] [rev/min]
212 2961 2703
G16 (30m/s) 224 2881 2558
236 2806 2428
Static / Dynamic balancing (ISO 254) : 250 2727 2392 2156 1978 1725 2292
265 2648 2323 2094 1921 1675 2162
1,58 x 10 11 280 2577 2260 2037 1869 1630 2046
n1 =
Dm x B 300 2489 2183 1968 1806 1574 1910
315 2429 2131 1920 1762 1536 1819
335 2356 2066 1862 1709 1490 1710
v x 60 355 2288 2007 1809 1660 1447 1614
n=
Dm x 10-3 x 375 2226 1953 1760 1615 1408 1528
400 2156 1891 1704 1564 1363 1432
425 2091 1834 1653 1517 1323 1348
n < n1 : Static balancing 450 2032 1783 1607 1474 1285 1273
n > n1 : Dynamic balancing 475 1978 1735 1564 1435 1251 1206
500 1928 1691 1524 1399 1219 1146
530 1873 1643 1481 1359 1184 1081
Special demands regarding balancing 560 1822 1598 1440 1322 1152 1023
can be arranged! 630 1718 1507 1358 1246 1086 909
710 1618 1419 1279 1174 1023 807
800 1524 1337 1205 1106 964 716
1000 1363 1196 1078 989 862 573
1250 1219 1070 964 885 771 458
 13/- Application sample

Advantages
1. Weight reduction : 40-50%

2. Increased speed : Up to 100 m/s

3. Reduced belt temperature : 10- 17 deg Celsius

Balancing
Application sample
 14/- Application sample

Transferring high power at high revolutions

(Compressor customer)

Alt.: 1

Transmission with
regular v-belt
pulleys
 15/- Application sample

Transferring high power at high revolutions

(Compressor customer)

Alt.: 1
Transmission with regular v-belt pulleys
n1 = 1500 min-1
Required output: P = 200 kw , nw = 8000 min-1, P1 = 200kw
d1 = SPB 450-8

Solution:
n1 = 1500 min-1
d1 = 450 mm nw = 8000 min-1
pw = 200kw

n2 = nw/4 = 2000 min-1 (Gearbox)

n1 = d2/d1 x 2000 min-1
d2 = n1/n2 xd1 = 335 mm

Belt speed:
n2 = 2000 min-1
d2 = SPB 335-8
V = d1 x n1 x /60
Gearbox
= 0,45 x 1500 x /60 = 35 m/s required!
 16/- Application sample

Transferring high power at high revolutions

(Compressor customer)

Alt.: 2

Transmission with VTP/SG Iron

pulleys
 17/- Application sample

Transferring high power at high revolutions

(Compressor customer)

Alt.: 2
Transmission with VTP/SG Iron pulleys
n1 = 3000 min-1
P = 200 kw , nw = 8000 min-1, P1 = 200kw
d1 = SPA 450-10

P1 = 200 kw , n1 = 3000 min-1, d1 = 0,45 m

nw = 8000 min-1
dw = n1/nw x d1 = 170 mm pw = 200kw

Belt speed:

V = d1 x n1 x /60
= 0,45 x 3000 x /60 = 70 m/s n2 = 8000 min-1
d2 = SPA 170-10
Gearbox
eliminated!!
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