Legomad
Mechanical
- Jun 3, 2002
- 3
Hello all,
I found this forum just today and am completely stoked it's here, since I am a big fan of forums, especially ones related to engineering
To get to the point, I will be designing a frame to support an 8 tonne diesel motor and a 5 tonne alternator on the back of a truck, then later for display (this is an old old piece of machinery damaged a few years ago in a flood, now being moved to our museum for a glorious retirement).
I'm 1.5 years out of university and looking forward to doing the design, but I've never done anything like this before so I'm hoping you can give me a bit of inspiration for a design geometry.
The generator was designed so that it sat in a small pit, supported by two rails (above the sump) on either side with multiple bolt holes. If any of you have done or seen a frame that could support something like this, could you please direct me to a website that shows how it's done?
I think I'll be OK with spec'ing the type of channel steel to take the load, but anything you can do to help me visualise a good structure would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much and I hope that I can be of assistance to others on this site as well.
Aruna Seneviratne
Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Australia
I found this forum just today and am completely stoked it's here, since I am a big fan of forums, especially ones related to engineering
To get to the point, I will be designing a frame to support an 8 tonne diesel motor and a 5 tonne alternator on the back of a truck, then later for display (this is an old old piece of machinery damaged a few years ago in a flood, now being moved to our museum for a glorious retirement).
I'm 1.5 years out of university and looking forward to doing the design, but I've never done anything like this before so I'm hoping you can give me a bit of inspiration for a design geometry.
The generator was designed so that it sat in a small pit, supported by two rails (above the sump) on either side with multiple bolt holes. If any of you have done or seen a frame that could support something like this, could you please direct me to a website that shows how it's done?
I think I'll be OK with spec'ing the type of channel steel to take the load, but anything you can do to help me visualise a good structure would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much and I hope that I can be of assistance to others on this site as well.
Aruna Seneviratne
Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Australia
