SSRG International Journal of Industrial Engineering (SSRG-IJIE) - Volume 7 Issue 2 - May - Aug 2020 Design and Fabrication of Multi-speed Bicycle Sprocket on CNC Milling Machine Adib Bin Rashid#1, M.A. Rashid Tipu*2 #Assistant Professor, Industrial and Production Engineering Department, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh *Managing Director, Mart Engineering and Consultancy Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh Abstract most common. British CEI (Cycle Engineers Institute) Now a day's cycling is a passion for the young thread was adopted as the international standard and generation of Bangladesh. Multi-speed bicycles are is now known as B.S.C. - British Standard Cycle and most preferable to them as it allows gear selection to is a standardized right-hand thread (1.375 x 24 TPI) suit the circumstances: a cyclist could use a high onto which a standard freewheel is screwed. This gear when cycling downhill, a medium gear when allows different brands of freewheels to be mounted cycling on a flat road, and a low gear when cycling on different brands of hubs. uphill. On a Multi-speed bicycle, the cogset or cluster Cassettes are distinguished from freewheels in that a is the set of multiple sprockets that attaches to the cassette has a series of straight splines that form the hub on the rear wheel to provide multiple gear ratios mechanical connection between the sprockets and the to the rider. Manufacturing of sprocket in an cassette compatible hub, called a freehub, which accurate dimension is a challenge to the cycle contains the ratcheting mechanism. The entire manufacturing industry. Generally in Bangladesh, cassette is held on the hub using a threaded locking. sprocket teeth are cast or flame cut of sheet metal Some cassette systems from the late 1980s and early which is almost as accurately as manufactured in 1990s use a threaded small sprocket to hold on the Milling, shaper, or even CNC Hobbing Machine. larger splined sprockets, the entire set referred to as a This paper aims to show a systematic way to cut cluster. Cassettes resemble freewheels when installed, sprocket teeth in 3 Axis CNC Milling Machine. For but are different when removed as they do not this purpose, at first, a 14 teeth sprocket is designed contain a free wheel’s internal ratcheting mechanism. as ASME B29 standard. Then a CAD model is generated on Solid works according to the designed dimension. Thereafter, the G-code for milling operation is generated and simulation of the manufacturing process is investigated by Master Cam software. Then the G-code is transferred to the CNC Milling machine and the operation is done sequentially. It has observed that cutting sprocket teeth on CNC Milling is suitable for industrial production as various dimensions measured after manufacturing are found almost as accurate as of the theoretical one. Keywords — Cogset, Sprocket, CNC Milling Fig. 1: Freewheel threaded hub Machine, Master Cam I. INTRODUCTION Cogsets come in two varieties, cassettes or freewheels, of which cassettes are a newer development. Although cassettes and freewheels perform the same function and look almost the same when installed, they have important mechanical differences and are not interchangeable.[1] A freewheel consists of either a single sprocket or a set of sprockets mounted on a body which contains an internal ratcheting mechanism and mounts on a Fig. 2: Cassette and freehub threaded hub. Threaded rear hubs were available in different thread patterns depending on the country of The sprockets in a cassette are usually held together manufacture, French and British threads being the by three small bolts or rivets for ease of installation. These keep the sprockets and spacers in the correct ISSN: 2349 - 9362 www.internationaljournalssrg.org Page 7 SSRG International Journal of Industrial Engineering (SSRG-IJIE) - Volume 7 Issue 2 - May - Aug 2020 order and position when they are removed from the sprocket is to transmit torque, the following freehub body. consideration should be taken: There are many ways to produce sprocket teeth, and the actual teeth form may not exactly match the The sprocket teeth must transfer the tension theoretical tooth form. Cast, power metal, or molded load to the chain or absorb the tension load plastic teeth may vary from the theoretical tooth form from the chain. in various ways depending on how the pattern, die, or The sprocket should engage the chain as mold is made. [5] smoothly and consistently as possible. Sprockets, on the other hand, are formed in the same The sprocket should distribute the tension so way as gears, through cutting techniques such as that each tooth in engagement caries a share hobbing, so that they can withstand harsh and the load repetitive use. Sprocket hobbing is the process of The sprocket must accommodate a using a broaching machine to cut the grooves, known reasonable amount of wear. as teeth, into a component. Cutting sprockets with different numbers and varying sizes of teeth, these processes are used to make teeth for many different Figure: 3. shows the important diameters of roller kinds of sprockets. Additional machining processes chain sprockets. Chain Pitch P and Roller diameter are used, to ensure the best teeth and closest Dr are standard dimensions and can be obtained from tolerances. Secondary service including heat treating Table 1. The Number of teeth, N must be supplied by and hand-finishing can be used to provide additional the sprocket designer. strength and quality. It should be stressed that a significant inconvenience of this method consists of the fact that the manufacturing process of particular tool cutting – sprocket hob, to produce each new benchmark, increase the main cost of the product. [3] Again toothing chain sprocket by mortising with knife-wheel is based on generating the profiles with gearwheel generating. Knife-wheel is of form conjugate gearwheels with gearwheel processed, having a particular geometry of toothing, which shouldn’t allow machining trough cutting.[4] Themselves meets and here the same inconvenience Fig.3: Roller chain Sprocket diameters as at sprocket, the necessity to manufacture a new knife-wheel to every new benchmark. TABLEI By the way in developing countries like Bangladesh, Standard Dimension Chain Max Roller sprockets manufacturing industry cannot afford Pitch hobbing machines particularly for a single operation. Number Diameter Rather industries are using such multifunctional 25 ¼ 0.130 machines like CNC milling machines. A typical CNC 35 3/8 0.200 milling machine has three axes of movement, X, Y & 41 ½ 0.306 Z; which is these same points as the Cartesian 40 ½ 5/16 coordinate system. CNC milling machines are capable of various tasks and operations. A machine Pitch Diameter: The diameter of the pitch circle can be scaled down for use on individual parts, or it through the chain roller centers as the chain wraps the can be scaled up to be used as huge heavy-duty sprocket. But chain pitch is measured on a straight operational machinery. As a result of this, CNC line between centers of adjacent rollers, so the chain milling machines are so commonly used in machine pitch lines form a series of chords of the pitch circle. shops and industrial factories; and are a popular choice for cutting parts to very precise shapes and 푝 Pitch diameter, 푃퐷 = …………….(1) sizes. 180° sin 푁 In this paper, a systematic way to cut sprocket teeth on the CNC Milling machine is discussed. Bottom Diameter (BD): The diameter of a circle that is tangent to the curve at the bottom of the tooth II. DESIGN OF A 14 TEETH SPROCKET gap Chain sprocket interaction is very complex in theory. It can be even more so when the effects of wear and 퐵퐷 = 푃퐷 − 퐷푟 …………………… (2) elastic deformation of the chain and sprocket under load are considered. As the main function of a ISSN: 2349 - 9362 www.internationaljournalssrg.org Page 8 SSRG International Journal of Industrial Engineering (SSRG-IJIE) - Volume 7 Issue 2 - May - Aug 2020 Caliper Diameter (CD): For a sprocket with an even number of teeth, the caliper diameter is the same as the bottom diameter. For a sprocket with an odd number of teeth, the caliper diameter is the distance from the bottom of one tooth gap to the bottom of the nearest opposite tooth gap. 90° 퐶퐷 = 푃퐷 (cos ) − 퐷 …………..(3) 푁 푟 Outside Diameter (OD): The diameter over the tips of the sprocket teeth. Fig. 4: Sprocket Tooth Geometry 180° 푂퐷 = 푃 (0.6 + cot ) …………..(4) 푁 Tooth form: The outline of the working surfaces of the tooth that transfer forces to or absorb forces from the rollers of the chain. Tooth Profile: The outline of the tooth section that is projected on a plane through the sprocket axis and the center of the tooth. Groove Diameter (GD): The diameter of the grooves in a multiple-strand sprocket. The maximum groove diameter is the largest groove diameter that Fig. 5: Cad Model of the Sprocket will clear the roller link plates in the chain. IV. GENERATING G- CODE & SIMULATION 180° 퐺퐷 = 푃 (cot − 1) − 0.030..……(5) As CNC milling machine is controlled by the use of a 푁 computer; more specifically, a computer-aided program it is vital to create operational coordinates III. GENERATING CAD MODEL using a program that converts a CAD design/drawing The tooth form of a sprocket is derived from the into the G-Code. Using the computer program, a list geometric path described by the chain roller as it of very specific step-by-step instructions are made, moves through the pitch line, and pitch circle for a which will describe to the CNC milling machine how given sprocket and chain pitch.