One way clutch bearing - HELP

[Shurik1986]

Hi there I hope someone can help me here. I'm modeling a gearbox in ProE mechanism, and want to simulate a one way clutch; so an element such as a spur gear would lock onto a shaft in one direction, while will be free to rotate in the other. Please if there's any solution at all?

 

[Mloew]

I think this can be handled with a cam with lift-off connection. Can you post the geometry?

 

[Kaz Z06]

You may find an easy way to do this is with a conditional torque that would act on the gear only if the rotational velocity is either negative or positive, depending on which way you wish your gear to freely rotate. This way, you can set a limit to the amount of torque you wish the clutch to handle. Do this by first creating a measure of the joint's rotational velocity. Then, create a torque on this joint which will act only in the specified "domain" related to the rotational velocity. This will allow your gear to rotate freely in one direction and "lock-up" in the other (limited by the torque you choose to apply). I haven't yet tried something like this, so I'm tossing this out off the top of my head, but I'm sure it will work based on other similar models. I hope this helps ...


Cheers,


Kaz Z06

 

[Shurik1986]

Thanks!... I will try this

 

[Shurik1986]

Cheers Kaz. The solution worked perfect

 

[Kaz Z06]

Shurik1986,


Glad I could help - we'll have to put this one in our back pocket for future use

Kaz