Add compression springs and other elements

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In this exercise, we will be reviewing the Compression Spring Component Generator as well as a few of the Other Design Accelerators.

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So for this exercise, we'll be working with the Belt-Driven reducer assembly shown here.

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We will be adding in a compression spring between the head of the washer here along this shaft.

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So in order to design a compression spring, you'll go to the "Spring" panel.

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And you'll notice there are four different spring component generators. There's Compression, Extension, Belleville, and Torsion.

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In this case, we're designing a Compression Spring. So I will open up that Component Generator.

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Now, in the Component Generator, there are a lot of inputs.

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What I recommend doing is typing in the inputs or the assembly parameters that are required or known,

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and then using the calculator to generate the remainder and create a suitable spring.

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So in this case, what I'm going to start by doing is typing in parameters that are known.

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In this case, I know that the shaft diameter is 1 inch. So I want my spring to be slightly larger than that.

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So my inner diameter, for my spring, I'm going to type in for this D2 value, "1.1".

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What I'm also going to do is go to the "Calculation" tab now.

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And I'm going to change the type of calculation being done from a check to a compression spring design.

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This will allow me to actually create these additional parameters using the tool.

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Once that's been activated, I'm then going to make sure right here for my design type that I choose the third option,

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which allows me to input in my inside diameter as well as my minimum load length, as well as my max load.

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And that will be used to design the remaining parameters of the spring.

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So what I'll do is type in my max load which is going to be 300 lbf.

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My working load, which is going to be 175 lbf inside diameter has been populated already.

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For my spring material, I'll check the box up top here and I will choose oil-tempered steel wire and select, "Ok".

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So I'll update my material. Then down at the bottom here for minimum load length.

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In order to fit into the space between the washer and the housing, I need to use a minimum load length of 1.5 inches.

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And now I can go ahead and click "Calculate" and it will determine how many coils are required, the wire diameter,

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as well as what the minimum load will be in this scenario.

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So I'll go ahead and select "Calculate".

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And notice it updated all the values, for minimum load diameter, loose spring length, as well as the max load length.

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And now I can go back to the design tab, and I can place my spring where I need it.

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So right here for placement,

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I'll choose axis and I will select this cylindrical face of the shaft right there.

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And then for my Starting Plane, I'm going to choose this face of the gear. It places the spring.

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And you'll notice it has the correct inner diameter, two active coils,

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and then a 0.244 inch wire diameter, that all looks good.

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So I'll go ahead and select, "Ok".

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This will create a compression spring in my current folder. So I'll go ahead and place it.

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So the Compression Spring is placed along that shaft where I specified, and you can see it's been designed as needed.

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You'll notice it shows up at the bottom of my browser on the left hand side is compress spring.

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If I need to make a change to any of the parameters, I can right-click on it and go to "Edit using Design Accelerator",

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just like the other tools, it opens it back up, and I can make changes to the calculation, or any of the dimensions that I've chosen.

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There are many other component generators as well as calculators available with Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024.

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You'll notice on the "Design" tab, we've already discussed fasten frame and compression spring.

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There's also this Power Transmission panel.

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You'll notice on here, there's design component generators for Shafts, Gears, Bearings, Cams, et cetera.

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If you hit the drop down menu, you'll also notice there's more in here, such as Drum Brake Calculators, Power Screw Calculators.

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And if you select the "Handbook" here, it will open up the engineer's handbook.

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Now, this will open up the Autodesk page in the Help manual that discusses the handbook.

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This is where you can find a full list of the assembly component generators, as well as calculators available with Inventor.

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So if I click on "Assembly Component Generators", it gives me this list.

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If I would like to learn more about creating a bearing component, I can click on that Generator and opens up that page in the Help manual.

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Now, from here, you can break down the different topics.

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For instance, if I want to learn how to design a bearing, I can select on that there.

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And it opens up a menu that discusses the workflow for designing bearings as well as calculating bearings.

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On the left hand side here, you'll also see a list of all the different component generators that you can expand,

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and dig through to determine how to design as well as how to use the different calculators for each component.