View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-09-2012, 19:45
Tom Line's Avatar
Tom Line Tom Line is offline
Raptors can't turn doorknobs.
FRC #1718 (The Fighting Pi)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1999
Location: Armada, Michigan
Posts: 2,513
Tom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond reputeTom Line has a reputation beyond repute
Re: friction on a threaded rod

This is actually a fairly complicated question that you are asking. You're making a leadscrew.

You can probably get a first level approximation treating the thing as a ball screw with a very very low efficiency (50%?)

Driving torque is in Newtons
Thrust Force in Newtons
Screw Lead in meters (distance the nut travels along the rod during one revolution)

Driving Torque = (Thrust Force * Screw Lead ) / ( 2 * pi * efficiency)

So for you,

Thrust Force = (Driving Torque * (2 * pi * .5) ) / Screw Lead

For a rough approximation.

This will give you a more accurate answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadscrew