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    Tachometers can measure rotational speed and come in various types, including mechanical, electrical, and contactless electrical. Mechanical tachometers include revolution counters, hand speed indicators, and resonance tachometers. Electrical tachometers include eddy current and tachogenerator models. Tachometers can also be classified as contact or non-contact, analog or digital, and can use time-based or frequency-based measurement techniques. Proper selection and calibration are important to ensure tachometers provide accurate readings.

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    Tachometers can measure rotational speed and come in various types, including mechanical, electrical, and contactless electrical. Mechanical tachometers include revolution counters, hand speed indicators, and resonance tachometers. Electrical tachometers include eddy current and tachogenerator models. Tachometers can also be classified as contact or non-contact, analog or digital, and can use time-based or frequency-based measurement techniques. Proper selection and calibration are important to ensure tachometers provide accurate readings.

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    Tachometers can measure rotational speed and come in various types, including mechanical, electrical, and contactless electrical. Mechanical tachometers include revolution counters, hand speed indicators, and resonance tachometers. Electrical tachometers include eddy current and tachogenerator models. Tachometers can also be classified as contact or non-contact, analog or digital, and can use time-based or frequency-based measurement techniques. Proper selection and calibration are important to ensure tachometers provide accurate readings.

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    Tachometers can measure rotational speed and come in various types, including mechanical, electrical, and contactless electrical. Mechanical tachometers include revolution counters, hand speed indicators, and resonance tachometers. Electrical tachometers include eddy current and tachogenerator models. Tachometers can also be classified as contact or non-contact, analog or digital, and can use time-based or frequency-based measurement techniques. Proper selection and calibration are important to ensure tachometers provide accurate readings.

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    ABDULQADIR LAKDAWALA

    EA-
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    MEFGI
    Tachometer
    • Tachometer is used for measuring rotational speed
    • Can be used to measure speed of a rotating shaft
    • Can also be used to measure flow of liquid by
    attaching a wheel with inclined vanes

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    What Are the Different Types of Tachometers
    Classification of tachometers:
    • Mechanical Tachometers
    • Revolution counter
    • Hand speed indicator
    • Tachoscope
    • Centrifugal tachometer
    • Resonance (vibrating read) tachometer

    • Electrical Tachometers
    • Eddy current or drag cup tachometer
    • Tachogenerator (DC and AC)

    • Contactless electrical Tachometers


    • Magnetic pickup tachometer
    • Photo-electric tachometer
    • Stroboscope

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    • Tachometers can also be classified on the basis of data
    acquisition –contact or non contact types

    • They can also be classified on the basis of the


    measurement technique – time based or frequency
    based technique of measurement

    • They can also be classified as analog or digital type

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    Mechanical Tachometers

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    Revolution counter
    • Revolution counter is used to measure an average of rational
    speed instead of instantaneous rotational speed.
    • It consists of a worm gear that is usually attached to a
    spindle. It has two dials, an inner one and an outer one.
    • The inner dials represent one revolution of the outer dials and
    the outer dials represent on revolution of the spindle.
    • The tachometer has a stopwatch attached to the revolution
    counter and is used to indicated time.
    • These are limited to low speed engines and measure
    satisfactory upto 2000-3000r.p.m.

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    Revolution counter

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    Hand speed indicator

    • Hand Speed Indicator has an integral stopwatch and


    counter with automatic disconnect.
    • The spindle operates when brought in contact with
    shaft.
    • Counter does not function until start and wind button is
    pressrd to start watch and engage the clutch.
    • The instrument indicates average speed over short
    interval in r.p.m .

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    Hand speed indicator

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    Resonance (vibrating read)
    tachometer
    • In Vibrating Read Tachometers a series of consecutively
    timed steel rods are used to determine speed on basis of
    vibrations created by machine.
    • One end of rod is fixed to a base which is kept in
    contact with any non-moving part of machine and
    other is attached to calibrated scale.
    • These can be used in speed range of 600-10000 rpm .

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    Resonance (vibrating read)
    tachometer

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    Electrical Tachometers

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    Eddy current or drag cup tachometer

    • An eddy-current tachometer uses the interaction of the


    magnetic fields generated by a permanent magnet and a
    rotor, whose speed of rotation is proportional to the eddy
    currents generated.
    • The currents tend to deflect a disk, which is mounted on
    the shaft and restrained by a spring, through a certain
    angle.
    • The deflection of the disk, which is rigidly connected to
    a pointer, is indicated on a dial.

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    Eddy current or drag cup tachometer

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    Comparison Between Analog and
    Digital Tachometers
    Analog Tachometer Digital Tachometer
    • Has a needle and dial • Has a LCD or LED
    type of interface readout
    • No provision for storage • Memory is provided for
    of readings storage
    • Cannot compute average, • Can perform statistical
    deviation, etc functions like averaging,
    etc

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    Classification Based on Data
    Acquisition Technique
    • Contact type – The wheel of the tachometer needs to be
    brought into contact with the rotating object
    • Non Contact type – The measurement can be made
    without having to attach the tachometer to the
    rotating object

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    Classification Based on Measurement
    Technique
    • Time Measurement – The tachometer calculates speed by
    measuring the time interval between the incoming pulses
    • Frequency Measurement – The tachometer calculates
    speed by measuring the frequency of the incoming
    pulses

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    Comparison Between Contact and
    Non Contact Tachometers
    Contact Type Non Contact Type
    • The tachometer has to be in • The tachometer does not need to
    physical contact with the be in physical contact with
    rotating shaft the rotating shaft
    • Preferred where the
    • Preferred where the tachometer needs to be
    tachometer is generally fixed mobile
    to the machine • Generally, laser is used or an
    • Generally, optical encoder / optical disk id attached to
    magnetic sensor is attached to rotating shaft and read by a IR
    shaft of tachometer beam or laser

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    Comparison Between Time and Frequency
    Based Measurement
    Time Based Frequency based
    • The tachometer • The tachometer
    calculates speed by calculates speed by
    measuring the time measuring the
    interval between pulses frequency of pulses
    • More accurate for low • More accurate for high
    speed measurement speed measurement
    • Time to take a reading • Time to take a
    is dependant on the reading is
    speed and increases independent of speed
    with decrease in speed of rotation
    • The resolution of the
    tachometer is • The resolution of the
    independent of the tachometer depends on
    speed of the the speed of the
    measurement rotating shaft
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    RPM-METERS IN AIRCRAFTS

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    How ToChoose aTachometer?
    • Accuracy
    • Precision
    • Range
    • Acquisition Time
    • Contact type / Non Contact type
    • Portable / Fixed
    • Digital / Analog
    • Cost

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    Calibration
    • Why calibrate?
    • Wrong calibration = Wrong readings
    • Calibration compensates for ageing, wear and tear and
    other degrading effects
    • How to calibrate?
    • Calibration is done by comparing the reading
    from tachometer to a standard speed
    • Necessary changes are made so that the actual
    reading matches the desired reading

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