T1040(E)(A11)T

APRIL EXAMINATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE

MECHANOTECHNICS N4
(8190194)

11 April 2016 (X-Paper)

9:00–12:00

This question paper consists of 6 pages and 1 formula sheet of 3 pages.

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DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
MECHANOTECHNICS N4
TIME: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. Answer ALL the questions.

2. Read ALL the questions carefully.

3. Number the answers according to the numbering system used in this question
paper.

4. Candidates are hereby advised to produce good sketches.

5. ALL the work done in pencil excluding sketches, drawings and diagrams will
be regarded as rough work and will NOT be marked.

6. Write neatly and legibly.

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QUESTION 1

1.1 State TEN principles for good workshop layout. (10)

1.2 State THREE possible causes for each of the following faults that can happen
in the spray process:

1.2.1 Excessive paint spray

1.2.2 Uneven spray-painting

1.2.3 Sagging surface

1.2.4 Speckle or orange-peel effect

(4 × 3) (12)

1.3 Name THREE general methods of lubrication (3)

1.4 Make a labeled drawing of a siphon and wick lubricator which can be used for oil
lubricating machine parts. (5)
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QUESTION 2

The thickness of a 4-ply leather belt is 13 mm, it transmits 45 kW from a pulley that is
1,3 m in diameter and the speed of this pulley is 255 r/min. The contact angle is 172°
and the coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley is 0,27. The mass of the
belt is 9,75 kg/m and the maximum allowable tension is 8 kN/m width per ply.

Determine the following:

2.1 Belt speed (2)

2.2 Centrifugal tension in the belt (2)

2.3 Tension in the tight side per width (2)

2.4 Tension in the slack side (4)

2.5 Power transmitted by 1 m belt width (2)

2.6 Belt width

GIVEN: w = total power/power per width (2)

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QUESTION 3

FIGURE 1 shows the setup of the cutting tool that is held in the tool holder of a shaping
machine.

The ram of the shaping machine has a mass of 150 kg and is operating with a cutting
stroke length of 150 mm. The total work done during one cutting stroke is equal to
175 J and the coefficient of friction between the ram and the slides is 0,3.

Calculate the following:

3.1 The work done to overcome the friction between the ram and the slides. (3)

3.2 The cutting force exerted on the cutting tool. (3)

3.3 The forces exerted on the two contact points A and B if the clamping force in
the clamping screw is 2 000 N. (8)

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FIGURE 1

QUESTION 4

4.1 An ISO screw thread with a 3,5 mm pitch has an effective diameter of 30 mm.
The three-wire method is used for checking the effective diameter. The best
wire size method is used for the test wires.

Calculate the micrometer reading over the three wires. (5)

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4.2 4.2.1 Explain step-by-step how you would go about checking the
correctness of the teeth of a gear wheel that has a module of
10 mm and a pressure angle of 20°. Use a gear tooth vernier
calliper and apply the constant-chord method of checking. (4)

4.2.2 Make the necessary calculations for the test explained in

QUESTION 4.2.1 by using the constant-chord method of checking. (5)
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QUESTION 5

5.1 An epicyclical gear train shown in FIGURE 2 consists of an annulus A having

130 teeth, a sun gear B having 40 teeth and a planetary gear C having
50 teeth that are mounted on arm D.

NR CONDITIONS A B C ARM D
1 Fix arm D and
rotates A = + 1 rev 0

2 Multiply by x and
add y x+y y

Make use of the conditions given in the table above to calculate the following:

5.1.1 The velocity ratio of sun gear B (1)

5.1.2 The velocity ratio of planetary gear C (1)

5.1.3 The speed of planetary gear C when annulus A is fixed and arm D
rotated at 50 r/min (4)

5.1.4 The speed of annulus A when sun gear B is fixed and arm D
rotates at 30 r/min (4)

FIGURE 2

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5.2 A set of spur gears have a velocity ratio of 5 : 3 and a module of 6 mm if the
pinion has 30 teeth.

Calculate the pitch diameter of both gears. (4)

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QUESTION 6

6.1 Determine the flow rate of water in litres per second (ℓ/s) flowing through a
200 mm diameter pipe equipped with a Venturi meter that has a throat
diameter of 130 mm. The coefficient of delivery is 0,97 and the mercury
manometer shows a reading of 880 mm. (7)

6.2 Water with a density of 1 000 kg/m3 flows through a tapered pipe which has a
large diameter of 0,4 m and a small diameter of 0,2 m. The pressure gauge at
the small diameter of the pipe is 16 kPa and the velocity of flow at the small
diameter is 20 m/s.

Calculate the pressure at the larger diameter of the pipe (7)

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TOTAL: 100

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MECHANOTECHNICS N4

FORMULA SHEET

PCD
1. m = 2. DO = m × (T + 2)
T

m
3. C = ´ ( TA + TB ) 1
2 4. Ke = mv 2
2
TA
5. VR = PCD of gear
TB 6. VR =
PCD of pinion
NB
7. VR = 8. NA × TA = NB × TB
NA

2´T
9. Ft =
PCD
10. Fr = Ft × Tan f

11. Fn = Ft × Sec f

12. Ie = IA + (VR)2 IB + (VR)2 IC + (VR)2 ID

( NB ) TBC ( ND ) TD
14. Ta = TA + +
13. T" = Ie × "A ( NA ) h1 ( NA ) h1h 2

NB wB aB IA
15. = = = 16. TOUTPUT = TINPUT ´ GR ´ η
NA wA aA IB

p ´ PCD
17. P = 18. Ti + To + Th = 0
n
Input speed Teeth on driven gears
19. TA = TS + 2TP 20. =
Output speed Teeth on driving gears

21. v = p × (d + t) × N 22. P = Te × v

T1
23. = e µq 24. T1 = * × A
T2
T 1 - TC
25. Tc = m × v2 26. = e µqcosec a
T 2 - TC

27. L =
p
´ (D + d ) +
( D ± d )2
+ 2C
2 4´C

28. Tg = m × g × sin f 29. v = T × r

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g ´b´r
30. v = µ ´ g ´ r 31. v =
2´h

é µ + Tan q ù é hTanq + b / 2 ù
32. v = gr ê ú 33. v = gr ê
ë1 - µTan q û ú
ë h - b / 2 tan q û

n
T 1 é1 + µTan q ù q R-r
34. =ê ú 35. Cos =
T 2 ë1 - µTan q û 2 C

f R+r
36. Cos = 37. m = w × t × L × D
2 C

38. T1 = w × n × ft 39. P = Pg + Pµ
I ´w 2´p ´ N ´T
40. t = 41. P =
T 60
42. T = F × r 43. w = do + 3d - 1,5155P

p ´m
44. do = de + 0,65P 45. w = (cos 2 q )
2
é p ù
46. h = m ê1 - (sin q Cosq )ú
ë 4 û

p1 ( v1 )2 p 2 ( v 2 )2
47. + + gh1 = + + gh 2
Rho 2 Rho 2

gx 2
48. Vw ( Va ) = 49. v = C mi
2y

2 f ´ ! ´ O2
4 ´ f ´ ! ´v 51. hf =
50. hf = 3,026 ´ d 5
2´ g ´d

Cd ´ A ´ a ´ ( 2 gh )
52. Q = ( 2 gh )
2 2 53. Q = Cd ´ A ´
(A -a )
( m2 - 1 )
m´s
54. V = ( g ´ R ´ Cosq ) 55. Vol. bucket =
r´v
56. L = 2C + pD m1 ´ g ´ S 2
57. Self-weight =
8´ h
m2 ´ g ´ S
58. One load =
4´h 59. T (acc load) = (T1 - T2)R

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a
60. T (acc drum) = I ´ a = mk 2 ´
R 62. T = 2p × N

work done
64. Ke =
61. P = T × T efficiency

1 66. (I1 + I2)T3 = I1T1 + I2T2

63. Ke = I ´ w2
2
Tan q
65. P = Ke × operations/sec 68. h =
Tan ( q + f )

67. µ = Tan q µ ´ F ´ Re
70. T =
sin q

72. Fc = m × T 2 × g
69. T = µ × F × Re × n

71. T = µ × n × (Fc - S)R

mv 2
73. Fc =
g

74. Tractive effort = mass on driving wheels × µ × g

75. Side thrust = FcCos q - mg Sinq

FcCosq - mgSinq
76. µ =
mgCosq + FcSinq

77. Pl = CmgL + mgh

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