We have already discussed that whenever a certain extra amount of mass is attached to a rotating shaft, it produces (or exerts) some centrifugal force. Due to this force the shaft will bend and produces vibrations in it. In order to prevent the effect of centrifugal force, another mass is attached to the opposite side of the shaft, at such a position so as to balance the result of the centrifugal force of the primary mass. This can be done in such a way that the centrifugal force of both the masses are made to be equal and opposite. The method of providing the second mass so as to counteract the effect of the centrifugal force of the first mass, is termed as Balancing Of Rotating Masses.
The following cases are more important from the subject point of view:
1. Balancing of a single rotating mass by a single mass rotating within the same plane.
2. Balancing of a single rotating mass by two masses rotating in different planes.
3. Balancing of various masses rotating in the same plane.
4. Balancing of various masses rotating in different planes.
We will discuss these cases, in detail, in the following posts.
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