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Recent content by Vish S

  1. Vish S

    Load Rating of a structure

    Trying to do that within the company. As of now its just me and my supervisor - he has put his hands up on this so I am on my own.
  2. Vish S

    Load Rating of a structure

    Hello All, I have a structure(attached - everything is L2x2x3/16") which is used for tie-offs during maintainence. I am required to find the load rating of the structure as some feel its unsafe for tie-offs. My thought process is to find the find the tensile strength of the structure but not...
  3. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    dvd here's the picture I might have not mentioned this before - Motor is coupled with Gear Reducer which is connected to Head Pulley shaft by chain drive
  4. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    dvd I already contacted a transmission component rep and he was of no help. He still owes me some info so lets see what he comes back with. The issue here is, the conveyor has chain drive, Gear Box & Motor (all specs are mentioned in previous threads) which is a pain maintenence wise. SO I am...
  5. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    Is there a some way to calculate sprocket PCD & # of tooth?
  6. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    Correct, wanted to double check if that's it is
  7. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    3DDave In your calculations what is 96 feet? Is this conveyor lift / height of Drive pulley from ground? How did you come up with 106 HP?
  8. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    All, thanks for active participation. After digging through some archives and asking around, I have following information: Chain – 22 ft. 200-2 Cottered Chain Drive Sprocket – D200B17H x 5.1181 {130mm} (17 teeth) Driven Sprocket – D200M60 (60 Teeth) Also the GB ratio is slightly...
  9. Vish S

    Chain Drive Calculation for Belt Conveyors

    I'm trying to design chain & sprockets for a chain drive powering a belt conveyor. Things known to me: Drive Pulley Dia– 36" Motor – 150 HP 1780 RPM Gearbox – M1170DH2-A-11.090:1 Ratio Falk Backstop - TA30 Morse Snubber Pulley Dia - 18" Conveyor Rise – 16 Degrees Conveyor Length –...
  10. Vish S

    RISA HELP-BEGINNER

    Celt83 Thank you very much for the explanations and suggestions. Will definatly try those out over.
  11. Vish S

    RISA HELP-BEGINNER

    WinelandV, In this situation, according to you what kind of boundary conditions would be there? My background has been entirely mechanical engineering and 10-4 on the mentor part. Next week I have scheduled something with someone who uses RISA on day-to-day basis. I did go through some basic...
  12. Vish S

    RISA HELP-BEGINNER

    WinelandV, DaveAtkins & jayrod12 There's no supports underneath the platform. The left side of the platform beyond the yellow centerline in image2 is on the ground and the right side is suspended in air. The 2 pins shown in RISA model I have no clue why they were put in by the previous person...
  13. Vish S

    RISA HELP-BEGINNER

    I did, but all I got was that they don't do individual projects like this.
  14. Vish S

    RISA HELP-BEGINNER

    I am new to RISA and taking over a project from a guy who left the company. This project has a platform with grating all around except at one end (See image2). Currently, in the opening on right side of ACAD image, there's a crane suspended pump and to counter it on left side there's 2 5 ton...
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