Egorov

The article presents a methodology, theoretical justification and experimental results of testing the inertial method for estimating the effect of lubricants’ quality on energy efficiency of chain transmission as part of a chain drive. The proposed method allows to investigate mechanical losses in chain drives within a wide range of speed, load and transient modes, which directly depend on lubricants’ quality. Equipping the drive with hardware and a software system, it is possible to estimate the effect of lubricants’ quality for the inertia moment of losses in a chain transmission during operation of a chain drive.