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requirements and established component and system data whilst taking account of the Screw Jack Calculation - Power
various combinations, orientations, e ciencies and xture options of Kelston screw jacks. For Screw Jack Working Principles
more information regarding screw jacks please refer to Screw Jack Working Principles in our
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Here you will be able to follow the key calculations undertaken by the system builder when
determining appropriate screw jacks and a drive motor by calculating the power requirement
of the system. The formulae used here are not unique to our system builder and the theory
can be applied to all screw jack power calculations.

The following formula shows the relationship between Power, Torque and Speed. These
factors are explored here.

Pin = Tin Sin

Where:

Pin= Input power (kW)

Tin = Input torque (Nm)

Sin = Worm shaft input speed (RPM)

Worm Shaft Input Speed, Sin:

The worm shaft input speed equals the motor drive speed.

Our screw jacks come in a range of load ratings and within this range we can accommodate a
large variation of travel speeds and lengths.

The speed of rotation of the worm shaft (RPM) necessary to provide the required linear travel
speed is given by:

St
Sin =
Sr

Where:

St = Linear travel speed (mm/min)

Sr = Travel rate (mm/rev)

The travel rate, Sr, is determined by the ratio of worm wheel teeth to worm shaft starts and
the pitch of the lead screw. As an example a worm wheel with 40 teeth and a worm shaft with
2 starts would have a reduction of 20.

All combinations of ratios, starts etc and the resulting travel rates are held in a database and
are called upon by the system builder. For more information on worms, wheels and travel
rates, refer to the Kelston Knowledge Base.
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and sizes of
screw jack. So, to calculate the required torque for a customer speci ed dynamic load, we
take the appropriate torque and speed values for the identi ed screw jack and worm drive
combination and calculate as follows:

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Tc Ld
Tin =
Ln

Where:

Tin = Input torque for customer speci ed dynamic load (Nm)

Tc = Input torque for nominal capacity (Nm)

Ld = Dynamic load applied to jacks (kN)

Ln = Nominal capacity (kN)

Power for a Single Jack:

From the above equation for power input, Pin, our units of torque (Nm) and worm input
speed (RPM) would give power units of Nm.RPM. This is not particularly useful so we convert
to the SI equivalent of kW as follows:

The SI units of angular speed are Radians/Second so we multiply our worm shaft input speed
(RPM) by 2pi to convert to radians per minute and divide by 60 to give radians per second. A
kW is 1000 Watts so we divide by 1000:

2π
Pin = Tin Sin
60 × 1000

Therefore, the power requirement of a single screw jack is given by:

Tin Sin
Pin =
9550

Where:

Pin = Input power for a single screw jack (kW)

Tin = Input torque for customer speci ed dynamic Load (Nm)

Sin = Worm input speed (RPM)

Screw Jack System Power Requirement:

The power requirements of the system determines the necessary drive motor and is found as
follows:

Pin × (no. of jacks)

Ps =
η

Where:

Ps = Required power for a system of screw jacks (kW)

Pin = Input power for a single screw jack (kW)

Number of Jacks = The number of jacks in the system sharing the load

eta = The system e ciency factor. This is previously determined through physical
measurement and relates to the losses due to the number of screw jacks in a the system.

From the calculated system power requirements a suitable motor can be determined.

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