Gearbox Lubricating Oil Distributor With Baffle Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gearbox designs inefficiencies in lubricating oil distribution lead to heat loss and excessive oil usage, necessitating a more efficient method to minimize oil consumption while maintaining adequate lubrication.
Innovation Solution
A gearbox design featuring a housing with a distributor part and baffle plate that directs lubricating oil from a recess to collection areas and then to bearings, utilizing a height-adjustable baffle plate and side walls to optimize oil flow and retention, allowing for minimal oil usage and reduced heat loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If traditional gearbox lubrication is used with rotating gear components moving lubricating oil, then lubrication is provided to bearings, but waste heat is generated and excessive oil usage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The lubrication system is segmented into distinct functional zones: a collecting area for gathering lubricating oil, supply channels for directed distribution, and a baffle plate for flow control. This segmentation allows oil to be collected, measured, and delivered precisely to bearing locations, preventing both excessive usage and heat generation from unnecessary oil circulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The distributor part acts as an intermediary component between the lubricating oil reservoir and the bearings. It includes a collecting area that receives oil, supply channels that transport it, and a baffle plate that regulates flow. This intermediary structure enables controlled oil distribution, reducing waste and heat loss while ensuring adequate lubrication.
2Quantity of substance
If lubricating oil level is kept low to reduce losses, then oil consumption is minimized, but sufficient lubrication of bearings may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The distributor part with its collecting area automatically collects lubricating oil and directs it to bearings through supply channels. The baffle plate ensures oil flows along both sides into the collecting area, creating a self-regulating system that maintains reliable lubrication with minimal oil levels by efficiently capturing and distributing whatever oil is available.
Solution Approach 2:
The baffle plate is positioned to preliminarily guide and collect lubricating oil before it reaches the bearings. By intercepting oil flow and directing it through controlled supply channels, the system ensures that bearings receive adequate lubrication even when the overall oil level in the gearbox is kept low.
3Ease of manufacture
If a fixed baffle plate design is used, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptation to different gear diameters is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The baffle plate incorporates height adjustment capability, transforming a static component into a dynamic one that can be adapted to different gear diameters. The fixing element can be positioned at different heights on the baffle plate and secured with the retaining plate, allowing the same distributor part to work with various gear sizes while maintaining simple manufacturing of the individual components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design achieves efficient lubrication with minimal oil consumption, reducing heat loss and ensuring sufficient lubrication over the long term by strategically guiding and collecting lubricating oil within the gearbox.
Implementation Method 1
lubricating oil filled into the gearbox through the recess flows along both sides of the baffle plate into the collecting area
Implementation Method 2
the baffle plate is arranged in a plane that intersects the recess, in particular bisects it, so that lubricating oil filled into the gearbox through the recess flows along both sides of the baffle plate into the collecting area
Implementation Method 3
the distributor part has a collecting area and supply channels connected to the collecting area, by means of which lubricating oil can be directed to bearings of the gearbox
Implementation Method 4
supply channels connected to the collecting area, by means of which lubricating oil can be directed to bearings
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AI summary
The invention relates to a transmission comprising a housing and comprising a distributer part that can be supplied with lubricating oil via an opening in the housing, in particular in a housing part of the housing or in a cover part of the housing, wherein the distributer part has a collection region and supply channels connected to the collection region, by means of which lubricating oil can be directed to the bearings of the transmission.