ESME-192 NOTES-1
ESME-192 NOTES-1
(a) FORCE FIT :-- FORCE FITS ARE EMPLOYED WHEN THE MATING PARTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE DISASSEMBLED DURING THEIR TOTAL SERVICE LIFE. IN THIS CASE
INTERFERENCE IS APPRECIABLE AND ASSEMBLY IS OBTAINED ONLY WHEN HIGH
PRESSURE IS APPLIED, EG – FORGING MACHINE ETC.
(b) TIGHT FIT:- IT PROVIDES LESS INTERFERENCE THAN FORCE FIT. TIGHT FITS ARE
EMPLOYED FOR MATING PARTS THAT MAY BE REPLACED WHILE OVERHAULING OF THE
MACHINE, EG – STEPPED PULLEYS OF THE DRIVE SHAFTS OF THE CONVEYOR,
CYLINDRICAL GRINDING MACHINE.
(c) SHRINK FIT :- IT REFERS TO THE MAXIMUM NEGATIVE ALLOWANCE. HERE
CONSIDERABLE FORCE IS NECESSARY FOR THE ASSEMBLY, EG – FITTING OF FRAME BY
FIRST HEATING IT AND THEN RAPIDLY COOLING.
C) TRANSITION FIT:- THIS TYPE OF FIT LIES MIDWAY BETWEEN CLEARENCE AND
INTERFERENCE FIT. IN THIS TYPE THE SIZE LIMITS OF MATING PARTS ARE SO SELECTED THAT
EITHER CLEARENCE OR INTERFERENCE MAY OCCUR DEPENDING UPON THE ACTUAL SIZES OF
THE PARTS.
TRANSITION FITS ARE OF TWO TYPES –
(a) WRINGING FIT:-- A WRINGING FIT PROVIDES EITHER ZERO INTERFERENCE OR A
CLEARENCE. THESE ARE USED WHERE PARTS CAN BE REPLACED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY
DURING MINOR REPAIR.
(b) PUSH FIT:- THIS TYPE OF FIT PROVIDES SMALL CLEARENCE.IT IS EMPLOYED FOR PARTS
THAT MUST BE DIS-ASSEMBLED DURING THE OPERATION OF A MACHINE , EG –
CHANGING OF GEARS, SLIP BUSHINGS ETC.
Slide fit
Slack running
fit
Loose running
fit
Force fit
FITS
INTERFERENCE
Tight fit
FIT
Shrink fit
Wringing fit
TRANSITION FIT
Push fit