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Steady lead-torque screen

Ball screw force / speed

Inputs

Steady axial force at the screw; preload, bearing, and seal torques are excluded.
Linear travel per revolution for the stated screw, not inferred from pitch or starts.
Steady screw speed used only for ideal linear-speed and mechanical-power arithmetic.
User-entered transmission efficiency; this workspace does not select or validate it.

Results

Ideal linear speed

0.2

Declared-efficiency drive torque

4.421

Mechanical drive powerP

0.55556

v = Pn/60000; T = FaP/(2πη); Pmech = Tω

A first-pass number, not a code check, certification, or approval. Read the method and its limits below. What this is and is not.

Nearby: Axial response · Beam deflection & reactions · Elastic stability · Solid-shaft torsion

Method

Formula, when it applies, and when it does not

Calculate ideal linear speed, drive torque, and mechanical power from an axial force, lead, screw speed, and efficiency.

v = Pn/60000; T = FaP/(2πη); Pmech = Tω

When

  • Constant lead
  • User-entered efficiency
  • No preload/friction adders

Don’t

  • This is a steady lead-torque screen for a user-defined ball screw. It excludes preload, bearing and seal torque, drive inertia, acceleration/deceleration, critical speed, buckling, deflection, column load, screw/nut selection, life, lubrication, backlash, thermal effects, motor or gearbox selection, controls, safety, and system approval.
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