· Designing a Bearing

· We use Design Accelerator Bearing generator to create and edit bearing connection

· Learn Skills

· Select bearings from Content Center according to specify criteria

· Set bearing parameters

· Set criteria parameters for bearing selection

· Insert bearing

· Start Generator

· Active project: tutorial_files

· Open Bearing.iam

· Design Accelerator panel

· Click Bearing icon (page 2)

· Select Shaft Cylindrical Face and Start Plane

· Bearing Generator dialog

· Click Cylindrical Face icon to select shaft face in assembly

· Click Start Plane icon (left one of two)

· Select start plane where bearing will be mated

· Click Flip option to change orientation of bearing

· Bearing Inside Diameter (shaft diamerer) value is automatically inserted into filter dimension edit fields on right side of Design Tab

· Note

· We could have first selected bearing type from Content Center. This way we already have shaft inside diameter. (page 3)

· Select Type of Bearing

· Click down arrow in first edit field

· Select Angular Contact Ball Bearings from drop down list in dialog (no title) that appears from Contact Center

· Click icon for Angular Contact Ball Bearings (no icon present)

· Angular Contact Ball Bearings was selected from beginning

· In lower part of Design Tab

· Clicked Update button first to show titles of bearing family and size

· However, there is no list

· Note

· Select Family for bearing selection (?)

· To narrow selection, select Standard when selecting bearings from Content Center (?)(page 4)

· How to Set Filter Parameters

· Narrow Bearing Selection

· The second row of filter dimensions is for range of bearing inside diameters automatically inserted since we started with selections before accessing Content Center) (page 5)

· To narrow selection

· In first row of filter dimensions edit fields specify range of bearing outside diameters

· In third row specify range of bearing width

· We can enter both filter values

· They can be identical

· How to Update Bearing List

· Update button is activated when

· We change filter values

· We change type of bearing

· Click button to update list to match new criteria (page 6)

· Select Bearing

· Only one bearing displayed in this tutorial

· Click SKF ALS 15

· Click row to select bearing

· OK button is now activated

· Click OK (page 7)

· Perform Calculation

· Click Calculation Tab

· Calculation is for strength check

· Type of Calculation

· Check Calculation

· Radial Load: 100 lbforce

· Click Calculate

· Results displayed on right side of Calculation tab

· Note: Values of bearing selected in Design tab are inserted automatically into edit fields (page 8)

· Insert First Bearing

· Click OK to insert first bearing

· Next: Insert a second bearing (page 9)

· Click Bearing icon

· Set filter to find appropriate bearing

· Click arrow in second row (From field)

· Click Measure

· Click shaft element (last one) to measure inside diameter of bearing

· From field of second row should now be 2"

· Enter 2" in To field (page 10)

· Select Type of Bearing

· Click down arrow in first edit field

· Click icon for Angular Contact Ball Bearings Category

· Bearings that match criteria are listed in box below

· Click first one (ALS 16)

· Selection is displayed in field above selection list (page 11)

· Place and Insert Second Bearing

· Click Cylindrical Face icon

· Select shaft face in assembly

· Click Start Plane icon

· Select plane in shaft where bearing will mate

· Click Flip option to change orientation of bearing

· Click OK (page 12)

· Summary

· We learned

· Select bearings from Content Center according to specify criteria

· Set bearing parameters

· Insert bearing (page 13)