Fatigue Analysis of Pulley by using Finite Element Analysis

Conveyor pulleys deflect the belt on a conveyor and in the case of drive and take-up units, pulleys introduced the required motive force and tension into the belt. Mechanical advantage is a measurement of how much a simple machine multiplies a force. The bigger the mechanical advantage, the lesser the force needed, but greater the distance have to use that force. The present analysis has been carried by using finite element analysis. By applying various identification numbers of the pulley and different RPMs, the analysis has been carried out for the same geometry of the material.