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Ø400 flywheel on a Ø12 shaft

How big a flywheel does a slow large Stirling engine need? · Hardware · basis: Exact geometry

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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
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Notes

  • Rim r 175..200 × 30 wide, 5 web, Ø50 × 40 hub, two M6 grubs. J = 0.104 kg·m² (3.9 kg) at 2.7 g/cm³, 0.305 kg·m² (11.3 kg) at 7.9 g/cm³.
  • On the HTD it hangs outside the seal cap at x 186.5..226.5; a slow flat engine needs the inertia (the speed swing is on the list page).

Sizes

od_mmrim_mmweb_mmhub_mmJ_kgm2_2.7J_kgm2_7.9
400.0175–200 × 305.0Ø50 × 400.1040.305

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
boreØ12 × 40Ø12 shaft, two M6 grubs (drawn Ø6)slideall

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

flywheel-400-b12Ø400 flywheel: rim r 175..200 × 30, web 5, hub Ø50 × 40, Ø12 bore, two M6 tapped radial holesSTEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=htd-flywheel-400

Ø400 flywheel on a Ø12 shaft, isometric render of a generated part
Render of flywheel-400-b12 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

How heavy is it?

3.9 kg at 2.7 g/cm³, 11.3 kg at 7.9 g/cm³.