• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.2 s.173
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• pp.319-328
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• 2000

This paper presents a new design method of the 1 generation wheel bearing unit using a numerical optimization technique in order to increase bearing fatigue life. For calculating the fatigue life, a method of load analysis is studied on the automotive wheel bearing system. The design variables selected are ball size, initial contact angle, number of balls, pitch diameter, pre-load, and distance between ball centers. The method of feasible directions in ADS (Automated Design Synthesis) is utilized to automatically find the optimum design variables. To validate the design method, a computer program is developed and applied to a practical passenger car model. The optimum design results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed design method showing that the system life of the optimally designed wheel bearing unit is enhanced in comparison with that of the initial ones within the given available design space.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.160-164
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• 2007

An automotive wheel bearing is one of the most important components to guarantee the service life of a passenger car. The endurance life of a bearing is affected by many parameters such as material properties, heat treatment, lubrication conditions, temperature, loading conditions, bearing geometry, internal clearance and so on. Generally, a tapered roller bearing gives longer endurance life than that of an equivalent size ball bearing. Consequently, the application of taper bearing units will be increased for more compact design and extended warranty. In this paper, we derive the relation between loads and deformations of a taper bearing unit. On the basis of that, we calculate the endurance life of the taper bearing unit considering initial axial clearance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.905-906
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• 2012

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.122-130
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• 2001

In order to improve the efficiency of the design process and the quality of the resulting design, this study proposes a design method for determining design variables of an automotive wheel-bearing unit of double-row angular-contact ball bearing type by using a genetic algorithm. The desired performance of the wheel-bearing unit is to maximize system life while satisfying geometrical and operational constraints without enlarging mounting spae. The use of gradient-based optimization methods for the design of the unit is restricted because this design problem is characterized by the presence of discrete design variables such as the number of balls and standard ball diameter. Therefore, the design problem of rolling element bearings is a constrained discrete optimization problem. A genetic algorithm using real coding and dynamic mutation rate is used to efficiently find the optimum discrete design values. To effectively deal with the design constraints, a ranking method is suggested for constructing a fitness function in the genetic algorithm. A computer program is developed and applied to the design of a real wheel-bearing unit model to evaluate the proposed design method. Optimum design results demonstrate the effectiveness of the design method suggested in this study by showing that the system life of an optimally designed wheel-bearing unit is enhanced in comparison with that of the current design without any constraint violations.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.313-320
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• 2007

In this paper, the experimental study has been carried out to investigate the reliability lifetime of two bearing units based on the oil temperature. Measurements for the oil temperature as well as the bearing temperature during normal operation were performed to study the effects of oil viscosity and oil submergence percentages in the two bearing units. The optimal lubrication condition to increase the lifetime of the bearing unit A was found that its viscosity and submergence percentage were VG32 and 25%, respectively. For the bearing unit B, when the oil viscosity and submergence percent were VG32 and 75%, the lubrication condition was the most efficient. Finally, the adjusted rating times of both the bearing units were calculated to be over 28,000 h, which is greater than the minimum adjusted rating times of 25,000 h. Therefore, they satisfied the regulated lifetime of API 610.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.198-203
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to find a proper cooling system of bearing unit in the submersible motor pump to extend a life time. To do this, heat transfer analysis of the submersible motor pump were performed using commercial CFD code ANSYS. In order to obtain the resonable heat transfer simulation results, we first set up mathematical model of heat source in the bearing system, and carried out heat transfer analysis with the model. As a results, new type bearing cap which had several ribs for cooling the bearing was proposed. Finally, through the comparison between experimental results of old and new model pump, we proofed that maximum bearing temperature of new model was about 10% lower than that of old model.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.45-45
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.15-22
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• 2014

With a conventional positioning apparatus, it is very difficult simultaneously to achieve desired driving ranges and precision levels at the sub-micrometer level. Generally, a lead screw and friction drive have been used as servo control systems. These have large driving ranges, and high-speed positioning is feasible. In this study, we present a global servo system controlled by a laser interferometer acting as a displacement measurement sensor for achieving positioning accuracy at the sub-micrometer level.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.295
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• pp.68-73
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• 2001

최근 들어서는 지구환경보호와 에너지자원 고갈의 위기감 속에 에너지절약기기의 니즈가 급속하게 가속화되고 있다. 산업분야에서의 에너지절약기기로서는 고효율모터나 인버터가 사용되고 있는데 아직 이들 기기의 보급률은 낮은 실정이다. 점차 에너지절약기기에 대한 관심이 높아 가는 가운데, 한편 산업용전력 사용량의 약 70$\%$를 모터가 차지하고 있다고 알려지고 있으며 모터 유닛의 손실 삭감으로 큰 에너지절약 효과를 기대할 수 있기 때문에 3상모터의 고효율화 요구와 인버터구동에 의한 에너지절약니즈가 급속히 퍼지고 있다. 3상모터의 에너지절약 니즈에는 위험지구(폭발성 분위기) 안에서 사용되는 용도도 많아 이와 같은 위험장소에서 사용되는 방폭전기기기에서는 1993년의 국제규격(IEC 규격)에 정합(整合)된 신JIS 방폭규격의 발행으로 정전의 일본독자적인 방폭규격은 폐지되고 이 새로운 JIS 방폭규격에의 통합 움직임이 있었다. 미쓰비시전기는 이와 같은 동향에 대응하기 위하여 고성능$\cdot$에너지절약 모터 ''수퍼라인 에코시리즈''로서 고효율 시리즈, 인버터구동 전용토크 시리즈, 신JIS방폭규격대응 안전증(安全增) 방폭형 시리즈를 제품화하였다. 수퍼라인 에코시리즈는 동사 독자의 강판프레임을 사용하여 철저한 저손실 설계의 채택으로 업계 톱클래스의 고효율$\cdot$에너지절약을 실현하였다. 인버터구동에 최적한 특성, 내환경성의 강화와 베어링의 장수명화에 의한 장기(長期) 메인터넌스프리화 및 저소음$\cdot$저진동화를 실현한 고성능모터이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.75-82
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• 2018

This study suggests an optimal design process of an LMU, which is installed on the top side of offshore structures. The LMU is consist of EB(elastomeric bearing) and steel plate, and supports the vertical loads of offshore structures and assists its stable installation. The structural design requirement of the LMU is related to its stiffness. This study utilizes the finite element analysis to predict the stiffness. The stiffness of the EB depends on the size of the bearing. Thus, the design variables in this study are defined as the thickness, the width and the number of plates. Since the LMU has different loads for different locations, its stiffness should be designed differently. The multiobjective function is introduced to attain the target stiffness. In this process, the metamodel using the kriging interpolation method is adopted to replace the true stiffness.