Contact Pressure Relief on Universal Drive Bearings of Rolling Mills  Full text 

A. G. Savchenko, Yu. A. Mushenkov, E. A. Kolesnik

National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
4 Gagarin Ave., Dnipropetrovsk, 49600, Ukraine

UDC 621.771.074

Metall. Min. Ind.,  2010, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 429-433

Abstract

Effect of stiffness of universal drive yoke of rolling mill on the contact pressures acting on the bearings is investigated. It is possible to reduce contact pressures by 22 % by means of changing yoke stiffness.

Keywords: SPINDLE, YOKE, ROLLING-CONTACT BEARING, UNIVERSAL DRIVE, STIFFNESS, CONTACT PRESSURES, ROLLING MILL