DETERMINATION OF LOAD SPECTRUM OF BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATOR SRS 1300 IN COAL STRIP MINE DRMNO

Sa？etak Toothed gear power transmissions are complex mechanical systems and their design is a very challenging engineering task that requires the application of common calculation procedures and contemporary designing methods. Operating conditions of the gear power transmission are important for the design process from the aspect of overload prediction and they are defined within the design process by the operating condition factor KA, which has a wide range of values (1 to 2.5), prescribing various operating situations. However, a good design of the toothed gear power transmission can be achieved if operating conditions are simulated and as such implemented in the calculation/design procedure. Such improvement in the design process can be done with the use of defined load spectra that accurately describe realistic operating conditions. The paper presents the results of tensiometric measurements of torque at the output shaft of the working wheel gearbox of the bucket wheel excavator SRs 1300 TAKRAF in the coal strip mine Drmno, and gives a definition of appropriate load spectra based on these tensiometric measurements. The load spectra are defined by applying the full cycle discretization method and as such afterwards used for the calculations/design of the working wheel of the bucket wheel excavator (gears, shafts, shaft keys etc.)