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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

Im gonna guess and say that anyone can put the wheel over the shaft and drill out the hole for the pin, if you dont use a key

those square-drill-bits are too expensive for some teams :^)
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

The ol' bolt in place of the square key trick.

I like it. Even if you don't use it in the initial build, it's helpful to take note for quick repairs in the field. It DOES work, and works well.

Better than taping 7 hacksaw blades together and trying to cut a keyway because you didn't have an arbor and broach. At least thats what the students told me.)
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

The reason we use a round pin is that a key way can't be broached in a pocket. The broach must pass all the way through in order to cut the key way.
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

Touche.

Do you ever strip the threads on the axles or bolts due to torsional force on the wheels?
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

not for first but for occra. our team has been successfully just bolted our sprockets to our wheels. and the wheels have bearings. the shaft is in those bearings, and collars hold the wheels from moving sideways. so basically our shaft is free of our wheels/sprockets. simple and works well. if you had good bearings in the wheels, you can eliminate the bearings to hold the shaft. if you really wanted it to spin under sideloads(such as turning with 4wd or plain being pushed sideways), you can actually get bearings..... just cant remember the name of the bearing right now.... the kind for pressing loads. GAH. cant rememebr any terms lol. like tiny turntables ish..... sorry. i really cant rememebr the term right now. well anyways, if the sprocket is solid to the wheel, wheel and tire dont slip, and chain doesnt slip, wheel doesnt wobble=sprocket doesnt wobble, you're pretty much set.
not hard to do. but this has been working for us well in OCCRA.... where we dont experience as much torque and shtuff.. so i unno about first.
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

The type of pin that you have been discussing (running parallel rather than perpendicular to the shaft) is commonly known as a "Dutchman Pin." They are commonly used to attach large flywheels to drive shafts. Dutchman Pins have two distinct advantages over "conventional" pins, in that they are typically much stronger for a given pin size, and they require less material to be removed from the parent shaft - thereby leaving the shaft stronger (as with conventional pins, the diameter of the Dutchman Pin should not exceed 25% of the diameter of the parent shaft).

The shear strength of a conventional pin is calculated as: Pin Shear Strength = 2 * Pi * Pin_Radius^2 * Material_Shear_Strength

The shear strength of a Dutchman Pin is calculated as: Pin Shear Strength = Pin_Diameter * Pin_Length * Material_Shear_Strength

In a typical application where the pin is 25% of the shaft diameter, and the hub length (and therefore pin length) is the same as the shaft diameter, the Dutchman Pin will have a shear strength 250% higher than a conventional pin. For example, lets assume we want to attach a wheel with a 1" long hub to a 1" diameter shaft and a 0.25" diameter pin. The pin is made of tool steel with a shear strength of 45,000 psi. In this case, a conventional pin would shear at 4418 pounds, while the Dutchman Pin would survive past 11,250 pounds of shear force.

As the strength of the pin is determined by the total cross-section area of the pin, you typically do NOT want to use a bolt or threaded fastener as the pin. For a given diameter pin (as measured across the threads) the threads reduce the effective cross-section of the pin, thereby reducing the pin strength.

Dutchman Pins also offer some advantages over square keyways and keys, such as easier manufacturing (in some cases) and fabrication with more commonly available materials.

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p.s. you can indeed broach a square keyway in a blind hole, it just takes a different technique than using a conventional broach set.
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

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p.s. you can indeed broach a square keyway in a blind hole, it just takes a different technique than using a conventional broach set.
I'm guessing you'd have to grind a tool that is recangular in shape that is the thickness of the keyway you want. They you'd grind it sharp on the edge (sorry, I'm not describing this well). Think something like a lathe groove cutting tool. Then, I'd rig up something to put it in the spindle of a mill, align it to be parallel with a mill axis (lets say x), and lock the spindle with the brake and/or a very low gear. Then, with my gear already positined in a vice or whatever such that the ground cutter is directly over the gear diameter that is parallel with the x axis, I would make sure the y axis is locked in place. Then, I would proceed to move the cutter into the gear just a little bit, and pull down on the downfeed handle. Move the gear into the cutter a little more, and pull down once more. Each time, you "shave" off a little bit until you get the depth you want.

Is this correct for the most part?

PS. Substitute "wheel" or anything else in where I said "gear"
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

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I'm guessing you'd have to grind a tool that is recangular in shape that is the thickness of the keyway you want. They you'd grind it sharp on the edge (sorry, I'm not describing this well). Think something like a lathe groove cutting tool. Then, I'd rig up something to put it in the spindle of a mill, align it to be parallel with a mill axis (lets say x), and lock the spindle with the brake and/or a very low gear. Then, with my gear already positined in a vice or whatever such that the ground cutter is directly over the gear diameter that is parallel with the x axis, I would make sure the y axis is locked in place. Then, I would proceed to move the cutter into the gear just a little bit, and pull down on the downfeed handle. Move the gear into the cutter a little more, and pull down once more. Each time, you "shave" off a little bit until you get the depth you want.
Close enough. That method will definitely work. Take the same idea, turn it sideways, and you can see how you would do it on a lathe (this is actually the preferred option - with the cutter mounted on the cross-slide - just because there is one less degree of freedom to worry about). Turn it sideways the other way, and you can do the same thing on a shaper. I have also seen it done "by hand" with a one-shot cutter and an arbor press. Drill out the majority of the keyway (as if preparing for a Dutchman Pin), then use the cutter to clean up the corners.

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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

My prefered method is a hex shaft while hardest to build it has the best long term benefit=== I have never sheared nor seen a sheared hex shaft, they can snap like any other shaft but they are i beleive the strongest.

While keyways are nice they have flaws such as loose keys and the key exploding since all the torque is applied at that one point

For practicality i would use a similar method to that which secures the tires to the axles of your car, there are four to eight pins which are parellel to the shaft and are inserted into the wheel, very strong(it can withstand whatever you car dishes out and i challenge you to build a competition legal robot that dishes out more torque than my 1979 Trans Am, so much that it can snap through and average hub built correctly and like i described)
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While keyways are nice they have flaws such as loose keys and the key exploding since all the torque is applied at that one point
"Exploding" keys are not always a flaw. Most of the time I would consider them a safety feature. If the key breaks it just saved some other part of your drive train like a shaft or some gear teeth. I would much rather replace a key in a wheel hub in the heat of competition than rebuild a gearbox. Sometimes it is not always about designing everything in your drive train to withstand unlimited torque than it is about designing a built in safety that is easy to fix. I would much rather have to replace a U joint on my 4 wheel drive truck than have to rebuild the transmission or rear end.
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

On the note of u joints did u know that they have these clutch things that are slightly weaker than u-joints and u put them like between the yolk and the axleshaft and they can supposedly be switchede in like 10 minutes while a u-joint**cringe**
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Shaft collars, flanged bearings, e-clips, and whatnot are all good ways to keep a wheel from moving linearly along the shaft too.
Another note on shaft collars... use clamping style collars and preferably the two piece type. Shaft collars with set screws will mar the shaft which is no fun!!

Buy a simple broach set to broach 1/4" - 1/2" items. A wise investment along with several pieces 3/8" and 1/2" keyed shafting. MSC Direct has this for about $100. It's served us well for 4 years now. You may need an arbor press, although with most pieces you can press the broach through with a simple drill press (not running of course) and some cutting oil.
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My prefered method is a hex shaft while hardest to build it has the best long term benefit=== I have never sheared nor seen a sheared hex shaft, they can snap like any other shaft but they are i beleive the strongest.

While keyways are nice they have flaws such as loose keys and the key exploding since all the torque is applied at that one point

For practicality i would use a similar method to that which secures the tires to the axles of your car, there are four to eight pins which are parellel to the shaft and are inserted into the wheel, very strong(it can withstand whatever you car dishes out and i challenge you to build a competition legal robot that dishes out more torque than my 1979 Trans Am, so much that it can snap through and average hub built correctly and like i described)
Do you have any pictures of this design?
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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

U mean the hex shaft?

Basically instead of the shaft being round it is a hexagon shape so that when u slide on a wheel, gear etc. it can slide along the shaft but cannot spin, for a great look at it open up the transmission FIRST sent you this past year and you will see a small hex shaft going through one or two of the gears.

for a hub its easy:
These are from jeeps since there are the most taken apart vehical, you dont need anything this beefy on your robot though

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Re: Attatching an axel to a wheel

Do you know of any other ways of attatching the axel to a wheel. It doesn't have to be an easy way.
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