Experimental Investigation on Synchronization of Two Co-Rating Rotors Coupled With Nonlinear Springs

This work is a continuation and verification of the original literature by using experimental strategy. Based on the published paper, in order to avoid anti-phase synchronization with two co-rotating rotors system, a vibrating system with two co-rotating rotors installed with nonlinear springs have been proposed, and then, the synchronous condition and the synchronous criterion of the system are theoretically derived. From the analysis mentioned, it is shown that the synchronous state is mainly determined by the structural parameters of the coupling unit, coupling coefficients and positional parameters of the two exciters, etc. The main objective of the present work is to investigate the synchronous mechanism by experiments and simulations in this paper. Some simulation computations are firstly implemented to explain the synchronous mechanism of the system. Additionally, an experimental strategy with synchronous tests and dynamic characteristic tests of the vibrating system are carried out to validate the correctness of the simulation analysis. The simulations and experiments demonstrate that the nonlinear springs can overcome the difference of residual torques of the two motors to realize the synchronization of near zero phase difference under the condition of in-phase difference between two exciters. Finally, the error analysis results among the dynamic testing, synchronous testing results and simulations are discussed. This research can provide theoretical reference for designing large-sized and heavy-duty Vibrating Screens.