Design and Development of a Planetary Gearbox for Electromechanical Actuator Test Bench through Additive Manufacturing
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
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Actuators 2020, 9(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020035
Received: 7 April 2020 / Revised: 23 April 2020 / Accepted: 29 April 2020 / Published: 1 May 2020
The development and validation of prognostic algorithms and digital twins for Electromechanical Actuators (EMAs) requires datasets of operating parameters that are not commonly available. In this context, we are assembling a test bench able to simulate different operating scenarios and environmental conditions for an EMA in order to collect the operating parameters of the actuator both in nominal conditions and under the effect of incipient progressive faults. This paper presents the design and manufacturing of a planetary gearbox for the EMA test bench. Mechanical components were conceived making extensive use of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) additive manufacturing and off-the-shelf hardware in order to limit the costs and time involved in prototyping. Given the poor mechanical properties of the materials commonly employed for FDM, the gears were not sized for the maximum torque of the electric motor, and a secondary torque path was placed in parallel of the planetary gearbox to load the motor through a disc brake. The architecture of the gearbox allowed a high gear ratio within a small form factor, and a bearingless construction with a very low number of moving parts.
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Keywords:
electromechanical actuator; additive manufacturing; planetary gearbox; test bench; rapid prototyping
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Berri, P.C.; Dalla Vedova, M.D.L.; Maggiore, P.; Riva, G. Design and Development of a Planetary Gearbox for Electromechanical Actuator Test Bench through Additive Manufacturing. Actuators 2020, 9, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020035
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Berri PC, Dalla Vedova MDL, Maggiore P, Riva G. Design and Development of a Planetary Gearbox for Electromechanical Actuator Test Bench through Additive Manufacturing. Actuators. 2020; 9(2):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020035
Chicago/Turabian StyleBerri, Pier C.; Dalla Vedova, Matteo D.L.; Maggiore, Paolo; Riva, Guido. 2020. "Design and Development of a Planetary Gearbox for Electromechanical Actuator Test Bench through Additive Manufacturing" Actuators 9, no. 2: 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020035
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