The goal of this project was to perform a force analysis of a laying head gearbox for a steel rolling mill manufactured by Morgan Construction Company. A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was developed to automatically calculate the bearing loads based on laying head component dimensions and configurations. The placement of the bearings and gears can be changed to determine their optimal location. Design recommendations for the gearbox were made to help increase the production rate of a steel mill.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Sola, Madeline N.
• Comey, Pamela Sue

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D120M

Advisor

• Rencis, Joseph J.

Year

• 2004

Sponsor

• Morgan Construction Company

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright