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Design and Performance Test of a Rotary Actuator for Side Tilting Excavator Bucket

Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering 2017;34(1):47-51.
Published online: January 1, 2017

1 충북대학교 기계공학부

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk University

#Email: eungsuk@chungbuk.ac.kr, TEL: +82-43-261-2442, FAX: +82-43-273-8789
• Received: February 22, 2016   • Revised: September 9, 2016   • Accepted: September 26, 2016

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Design and Performance Test of a Rotary Actuator for Side Tilting Excavator Bucket
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Fig. 1 Side tilting rotary actuator simulation in excavator bucket
Fig. 2 Experimental equipment with load cell and hydraulic motor type rotary actuator to have the design conditions
Fig. 3 Rotating and brake torque test with rotating angle for the manufactured rotary actuator for design conditions
Fig. 4 Rotary actuator housing and the moving mechanism using a rack pinion and a double rod cylinder
Fig. 5 Finally designed rotary actuator
Fig. 6 Actuator and bucket bracket interference simulation for maximum side tilting angle 75 degree
Fig. 7 Structure analysis for the designed parts, critical deformation in the end of rotating shaft
Fig. 8 Rotating and brake torque test with the manufactured rack-pinion actuator
Fig. 9 Torque and brake torque result for the rotary actuator
Fig. 10 Allowable maximum rotating angle test with the manufactured actuator
Design and Performance Test of a Rotary Actuator for Side Tilting Excavator Bucket

Bucket weight and torque arm for rotary actuator of excavator models 3.5 ton

Empty bucket
(kg)
Full bucket
(kg)
Torque radius
(mm)
92 421 400

Rack-Pinion tooth surface strength for different modules

Module Allowed transfer force (kgf)
Bending strength Tooth surface strength
2.0 391 79
2.5 611 127
3.0 879 186

Reference of the rotary actuator housing 3D modeling

Parameter Specification
Density 7850 kg/m³
Poisson’s ratio 0.3
Young’s modulus 200 GPa
Friction coe. 0.78
Load length 240 mm

Final rotary actuator design, shaft torque with the cylinder bore and the pinion pitch circle for suitable for 3.5 ton excavator

Pitch circle
(mm)
Cylinder bore
(mm)
Shaft torque
(kgf·m)
40 32 30.8
50 75.5
63 120.7
80 192.4
Table 1 Bucket weight and torque arm for rotary actuator of excavator models 3.5 ton
Table 2 Rack-Pinion tooth surface strength for different modules
Table 3 Reference of the rotary actuator housing 3D modeling
Table 4 Final rotary actuator design, shaft torque with the cylinder bore and the pinion pitch circle for suitable for 3.5 ton excavator