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r UNBALANCE GENERATES
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
TYPES OF UNBALANCE
m F = 1.67U (n/1000) 2
e F = centrifugal force (lbs) n = speed (rpm)
U = unbalance (oz-in) m = mass (oz)
r = radius (in) d = diameter (in)

+ FIT ERROR CAUSES UNBALANCE

e = eccentricity
UNBALANCE W e
U = unbalance
CAUSES
DISPLACEMENT
W = weight
OF THE PART’S
CENTER OF
e=U/W
= GRAVITY U=eW
W=U/e 1/2 =e
CONVERSION FACTORS
CONVERT INTO MULT. BY
centimeters (cm) inches (in) 0.3937
centimeters (cm) millimeters (mm) 10.0
C grams (g) kilograms (kg) 0.001
grams (g) milligram (mg) 1000
grams (g) ounces (oz) 0.03527
r d grams (g) pounds (lbs) 0.00220
gram-inches (g-in) ounce-inches (oz-in) 0.03527
gram-millimeters (g-mm) ounce-inches (oz-in) 0.00139
inches (in) centimeters (cm) 2.540
kilograms (kg) grams (g) 1000
kilograms (kg) pounds (lbs) 2.205
meters (m) millimeters (mm) 1000
meters (m) inches (in) 39.37
meters (m) feet (ft) 3.281
meters (m) yards (yds) 1.094
Principle Axis of Inertia micro-inches (µin) microns (µm) 0.0254
This is the axis the part wants to microns (µm) micro-inches (µin) 39.37
spin about due to its unbalance. milligrams (mg) grams (g) 0.0001
millimeters (mm) centimeters (cm) 0.10
ounces (oz) grams (g) 28.35
ounce-inches (oz-in) gram-inches (g-in) 28.35
ounce-inches (oz-in) gram-millimeters (g-mm) 720
ounce-inches (oz-in) pound-feet (lb-ft) 0.00521
ounce-inches2 (oz-in2) gram-millimeters2 (g-mm2) 18290
pounds (lbs) ounces (oz) 16
pounds (lbs) grams (g) 453.59
pounds (lbs) kilograms (kg) 0.4536
Spin Axis pound-feet (lb-ft) kilogram-meters (kg-m) 0.1383
This is the axis the designers pound-feet (lb-ft) ounce-inches (oz-in) 192
intended the part to spin about. FLEXIBILITY
A TEST
B B A

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 ISO 1940-1 Tolerance Chart

Quality Rotor Types MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE RESIDUAL SPECIFIC UNBALANCE CORRESPONDING TO

Grade General Examples VARIOUS QUALITY GRADES (G) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISO 1940
4 1814
G-4000+ Crankshaft-drives of rigidly 1316
mounted slow marine diesel
907
engines with uneven number
of cylinders.
1 454
G-1600 Crankshaft-drives of rigidly
mounted large two-cycle G-630
0.5 227
engines. 181
136
G-630 Crankshaft-drives of rigidly 90.7
mounted large four-cycle
engines. Crankshaft-drives
0.1 G-250 45.4
of elastically mounted marine
diesel engines.
0.05 22.7
18.1
G-250 Crankshaft-drives of fast four-
13.6
cylinder diesel engines.
9.07
G-100 Crankshaft-drives of fast
diesel engines with six or 0.01
G-100
4.54
more cylinders. Complete
engines (gasoline & diesel) 0.005 2.27
for cars, trucks and G-40 1.81
locomotives. 1.36

0.907
G-40 Car wheels, wheel rims, wheel
sets, drive shafts.
0.001 0.454
Crankshaft-drives of elastically G-16
mounted fast four-cylinder
engines (gasoline & diesel) 0.0005 G-1 0.227
0.181
with six or more cylinders.
0.136
Crankshaft-drives for engines
of cars, trucks or locomotives. G-0.4 0.0907

G-16 Drive shafts (propeller, cardan) 0.0001 0.0454

with special requirements.
Parts of crushing and 0.00005
G-6.3
0.0227
agricultural machinery. 0.0181
Individual engine (gas & diesel) 0.0136
engines for cars, trucks and, G-2.5
0.00907
locomotives.
Crankshaft-drives of engines
0.00001 0.00454
with six or more cylinders for
special requirements.
0.000004 RPM
G-6.3 Process plant machine parts. 30 50 500 1000 5000 10,000 50,000 100,000
100
Marine main turbine gears.
HZ
Centrifuge drums. Fans. 5 10 50 100 500 1,000 2,000
0.5 1
Assembled aircraft gas turbine MAXIMUM
engines. Flywheels. Pump SERVICE
SPEED
impellers. Machine tool and
general machinery parts.
Electric armatures. Parts for
special requirement engines. *G-1 Tape recorder and phonograph *Notes: (1) Quality grade number represents
drives. Grinding machine drives. permissible orbital velocity (eper) of the CG in
G-2.5 Gas and steam turbines, Small electric motor armatures mm/sec around the shaft axis (in radians/sec).
Rigid turbo generator and with special requirements. (2) A crankshaft-drive is an assembly that
compressor rotors. Machine includes the crankshaft, flywheel, clutch, pulley
tool drives. Medium and large *G-0.4 Spindles, discs and, armatures vibration damper, rotating portion of connecting
armatures with special of precision grinders. rod, etc. (3) For G-1: rotor mounted in its own
requirements. Small electric Gyroscopes. service bearings. No end-drive. (4) For G-0.4:
armatures. Turbine-driven rotor mounted in its own service bearings and
pumps. running, self-driven, under operating conditions.

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