RTS - Rexnord
Technical Services
5101 West Beloit Road
Milwaukee, WI 53214

Phone:
(414) 643-3067

Phone Toll Free:
(800) 488-9078

Fax:
(414) 643-3200

E-mail:

ENGINEERING MECHANICS

including Finite Element Analysis and Fatigue Analysis:

ANALYTICAL MECHANICS(incl. Finite Element Analysis and CAD):

Stress analysis can involve both "hand" calculations, for simple structures and modes of load application and Finite Element Analysis, for more complex situations. The use of FEA can often minimize the physical testing required for successful products.

RTS uses 3-Dimensional SolidWorks to create CAD drawings and then COSMOS-FEA to analyze structures, and to solve complex linear or non-linear stress, loading, thermal or deformation problems. Prior projects included design of rock crushers, electric generation turbine blades, flexible shaft couplings, pressure vessels.

EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS:

High speed data acquisition, using standard strain gage applications or specialty transducers, is used to measure loads, stresses, speeds, pressures, noise and vibration. Telemetry and field computer systems are mounted directly to moving or rotating machinery to dynamically measure transducer output.

Testing can be designed to correlate laboratory and field measurements. Vibration data are taken using accelerometers or modal hammer and a field computer, and subsequently converted to useable data. The use of VRC field data simulation software permits simulating field conditions in the laboratory on servo-hydraulic or electro-mechanical test stations.

FATIGUE ANALYSIS:

ASTM, SAE, MIL-STD and industry-specific testing of a wide range of products and components including: Industrial bearings, pumps, shafts, axles, panels, frame structures, crankshafts, connecting rods, bearings, seals, door locks, hydraulic cylinders, etc.

Testing modes include axial, torsional, bending, radial, oscillatory or full rotation, and with feed-back controls. Analysis can include calculation of predicted fatigue lives following experimental determinations.

Equipment Capabilities include: Load frames, servo-hydraulic actuators and controls from 1,000 lbs to 150,000 lbs, four open architecture test beds, environmental chambers, vibration and shock, computer controlled complex loadings, RPC, and LCF.

MODELING AND ANALYSIS:

Dynamics, impact, structures, systems, thermal and other modeling can highlight problems, optimize configurations or suggest new design directions. RTS uses both analytical and numerical methods to explain observations and predict future performances.

RTS - Rexnord
Technical Services
5101 West Beloit Road
Milwaukee, WI 53214

E-mail:

Phone: (414) 643-3067

Phone Toll Free: (800) 488-9078

Fax: (414) 643-3200