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HTD crank and linkage: webs, link web, con-rods, clevis and Ø12 shafts for a 3 in cross crankcase

How is the crank of the 10 in HTD engine laid out? · Hardware · basis: Exact geometry; designed running gaps between every moving plane

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Exact dimensions. Every file is drawn at true size with no printing tolerance. The holes and pins that meet another part are listed below under Mating features, with the fit each joint needs; open those by your printer's or process's clearance before making the part. Mating features

sizes
8 in table

Notes

  • Built-up crank on Ø12 shafts in 6001 bearings: web A (displacer throw r 4) – Ø5 pin through the displacer con-rod's 625 – link web – Ø5 pin through the piston con-rod's 625 – web C (piston throw r 20). The displacer pin leads the piston pin by 90°.
  • Planes along the shaft (x): web A disc −9.5..−3.5, displacer con-rod −2.5..2.5, link web 3.5..9.5, piston con-rod 10.5..15.5, web C 16.5..22.5: 1.0 between every rod and web (designed). Pins are Ø5 × 16 dowels pressed in the webs.
  • Con-rods 60 (displacer, to the clevis on the rod) and 237 (piston, down through the reducer to the piston's cheeks); every eye runs on a 625. Sweep radius 31 (piston eye) inside the 3 in cross bore Ø72.9.

Sizes

partrolesize
crank-web-r8-b12displacer webr 4
crank-web-link-r8-r20link webr 4 / 20
crank-web-r20-b12piston webr 20
conrod-60-625con-rod60.0
conrod-237-625con-rod237.0
rod-clevis-6-pin5rod clevisØ6 rod, Ø5 pin
shaft-12x76shaft76
shaft-12x210shaft210

Mating features

Drawn at the exact size. Open press, slide, run and socket features by your process's clearance; leave designed gaps and clamp fits as drawn.

featureexactmates withfitfiles
web and hub boresØ12Ø12 shafts (M4 grub on each hub)slidecrank-web-*
pin boresØ5dowel-5x16 crank pinspresscrank-web-*
con-rod pocketsØ16 × 5bearing-625 outer ringpressconrod-*
clevis socketØ6 × 14displacer rod, M4 grubsliderod-clevis-*
clevis slot and pin6.0 wide, Ø55 thick con-rod; dowel-5x16pressrod-clevis-*
plane gaps1.0 between every web and con-rod planeneighbouring webs and rodsdesignedall
shaftsØ12bearing-6001 inner ringspressshaft-*

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

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Free files

★ Free files 8 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

crank-web-r8-b12crank web, hub type: disc R12 × 6 with a Ø5 pin at r 4 (8 displacer stroke), hub Ø24 × 8, Ø12 bore in the hub only, M4 tapped radial holeSTEP · STL
crank-web-link-r8-r20link web 6 thick: Ø5 displacer pin at r 4 and Ø5 piston pin at r 20, 90° apartSTEP · STL
crank-web-r20-b12crank web, hub type: disc R28 × 6 with a Ø5 pin at r 20 (40 piston stroke), hub Ø24 × 8, Ø12 bore through, M4 tapped radial holeSTEP · STL
conrod-60-625con-rod 60 centres, 5 thick, Ø16 pockets for 625 bearings, eyes Ø22STEP · STL
conrod-237-625con-rod 237 centres, 5 thick, Ø16 pockets for 625 bearings, eyes Ø22STEP · STL
rod-clevis-6-pin5rod clevis: 13 × 14 × 41 block, slot 6 wide for a 5 con-rod, Ø5 pin bore, Ø6 rod socket 14 deep, M4 tapped radial holeSTEP · STL
shaft-12x76Ø12 × 76 crankshaft, −X (main): blind-cap 6001 to web A's hubSTEP · STL
shaft-12x210Ø12 × 210 crankshaft, +X: web C, two 6001, the seal, gear and flywheelSTEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=htd-crank-linkage

HTD crank and linkage: webs, link web, con-rods, clevis and Ø12 shafts for a 3 in cross crankcase, isometric render of a generated part
Render of conrod-237-625 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

Why a built-up crank?

One-piece con-rod eyes on 625 bearings slide onto the pins before the webs close up; nothing has to be split.