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    This lab report describes an experiment to demonstrate static and dynamic balancing of a rotating shaft. Four balance blocks were attached to the shaft at different angular positions and distances from the axis of rotation. The shaft was first balanced statically by adjusting the positions of the blocks, then dynamically by adjusting their angular positions as well. Dynamic balancing resulted in much less vibration of the rotating system compared to static balancing alone. The purpose was to minimize vibrations and noise from imbalances in real-world rotating machinery.

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    This lab report describes an experiment to demonstrate static and dynamic balancing of a rotating shaft. Four balance blocks were attached to the shaft at different angular positions and distances from the axis of rotation. The shaft was first balanced statically by adjusting the positions of the blocks, then dynamically by adjusting their angular positions as well. Dynamic balancing resulted in much less vibration of the rotating system compared to static balancing alone. The purpose was to minimize vibrations and noise from imbalances in real-world rotating machinery.

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    National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

    SMME

    Lab Report

    STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCING

    COURSE : Mechanics Lab

    SUBMITTED BY : Altaf Ahmad (250282)

    SECTION : ME-10 A
    Static and Dynamic Balancing
    Objective:
    The purpose of his experiment is to display the balancing statically and dynamically.

    Apparatus:
    The apparatus is built up of a shaft which is
    run with an electric motor. Attached to the shaft
    are four balance blocks which are fixed at some
    angular and axial positions. To change their
    weights, we can add more weights to the balance
    blocks. The shaft consists of a circular scale and a
    pointer as well. It also consists of a linear scale
    which is fixed below. These scales help in
    arrangement of the weights.

    Theory:
    A common encountered problem in Engineering field is the balancing of rotatory machines.
    Unbalanced machines are noisy and have maximum load on the machine elements themselves
    and their surroundings. By balancing the machine, costs of manufacture and running the
    machine can be greatly decreased.
    It’s not possible to make perfect parts for machinery no matter how much accurate they
    are. There are some parts whose center of gravity should exist on the axis of rotation but they
    contain slight eccentricity. This can be ignored sometimes. But the magnitude and position of
    these out of balance forces must be determined and corrected.
    Eccentricity shown by letter ‘e’, is the distance which exists between center of gravity of the
    part and its center of rotation.
    Unbalancing means the existence of eccentricity i.e. the center of gravity of the rotating part is
    not aligned with its center of rotation. Due to unbalancing, vibrations and noise are created
    during its rotation because of centrifugal forces.
    Formulas and Notations:

    For Balancing:
    Assume that we have a rigid shaft which rotates in bearings. It consists a number of
    masses, m1,m2…,mn having radii r1,r2…,rn at axial distances of z1,z2…,zn from a specific datum.
    Taking moments about axis of rotation:
    Σ mnrn = 0
    If this condition is satisfied only, it means it is statically balanced.
    Taking moments about the datum:
    Σ mnrnzn = 0
    If both conditions are satisfied, then it means that dynamic balance has been obtained.

    Procedure:
    For Static Balance:
    1. Fix a block (block 1) at 25 mm at an angle of 0o. Check the scale by looking down the
    face of the block to get the axial position of the block. Make sure that 0 is by the
    cursor by rotating shaft with hand. If required, hold the shaft drive pulley to the
    bearing block.
    2. Fix another block (block 2) at 75mm, also at an angle of 0o.
    3. Rotate the shaft by 180o.
    4. Now, place blocks 3 at 125mm and block 4 at 175mm.
    5. Detach the drive belt and gradually rotate the shaft with hand and then release it. By
    repeating it a few times, it will be noticed that the shaft does not have not much
    affinity to halt at any specific position.
    6. Place the drive belt over the pulleys and fit the guard.
    7. Make sure that emergency stop is not pressed.
    8. Press the green button to start by providing power to the motor.
    9. Slowly, increase the speed of motor from the state of rest. The system may vibrate
    as it is not in the state of dynamic balance. Therefore, maintain the speed to only
    200-300 rpm or less.
    For Dynamic Balance:
    Perform these steps after achieving static balance.
    1. Rotate block 2 to an angle of 180o (Same as Block 3)
    2. Rotate block 4 to an angle of 0o (Same as Block 1)
    3. Detach the drive belt and slowly rotate the shaft with hand. Again, it will be noticed that
    the shaft does not have not much affinity to halt at any specific position.
    4. Place the drive belt over the pulleys and fit the guard.
    5. Make sure that emergency stop is not pressed.
    6. Press the green button to start by providing power to the motor.
    7. Slowly, increase the speed of motor from the state of rest. Now the system remains
    almost motionless for a wide range of speeds.
    8. The system is now in the state of both static and dynamic balance.

    Conclusion:
    The following conclusions are made:
    1. Perfectly balanced systems are almost impossible to manufacture despite precise
    manufacturing due to human errors, instrument limitations and imperfect processes.
    2. Dynamically balanced systems may show vibrations at very higher speeds, but generally
    it remains motionless. The vibrations are much lower than those in statically balanced
    systems.
    3. Since we do not work in ideal conditions, Even the dynamic balanced system shows
    vibrations so we have some limitations which do not allow the dynamically balanced to
    be totally motionless.
    4. Eccentricity is the distance between the center of gravity of the rotating part and the
    center of rotation. Eccentricity causes vibrations in the rotating part.

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