On Hirth Ring Couplings: Design Principles Including the Effect of Friction
, Massimiliano De Agostinis 1, Stefano Fini 1, Giorgio Olmi 1,*, Francesco Robusto 1 and Nicolò Vincenzi 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The design and analysis of Hirth couplings are well presented in this paper. The theoretical method mentioned by the author are verified by the experiment, which can leave a high reference value for the relative work.
There are some minor modifications that to been made by the author.
1. Some figures in this paper are not quite clear, and pictures with high resolution need to be provided.
2. Figure 4 and figure 5 are suggested to be changed into Table 2 and Table 3.
The overall recommendation is accept with minor modifications.
Author Response
Manuscript Number: actuators-384027
Title: On Hirth ring couplings: design principles including the effect of friction
Authors: Dario Croccolo, Massimiliano De Agostinis, Stefano Fini, Giorgio Olmi, Francesco Robusto, Nicolò Vincenzi
Corresponding Author: Giorgio Olmi, Ph.D.
Dear Editor, Dear Reviewers,
We thank you very much for the careful review of our article and for your recommendations for improvement. The paper has now been revised, and all the remarks raised by the Reviewers have been tackled. The performed changes are clearly highlighted in yellow throughout the Manuscript file. In the following lines, a point-by-point response is addressed directly to the Reviewers (“>Q:” indicates the Reviewer’s Query is being quoted, whereas “>>R:” introduces our reply).
REVIEWER 1:
>Q: The design and analysis of Hirth couplings are well presented in this paper. The theoretical method mentioned by the author are verified by the experiment, which can leave a high reference value for the relative work.
>>R: Thank you very much for the appreciation of our study.
>Q: 1.Some figures in this paper are not quite clear, and pictures with high resolution need to be provided.
>>R: Following also the recommendations by Reviewer 2, most figures throughout the paper have been improved in terms of resolution, sketch visibility and symbol readability.
>Q: 2.Figure 4 and figure 5 are suggested to be changed into Table 2 and Table 3.
>>R: It has been done. In particular, former Figure 4 has been split into Figure 4 and Table 2, whereas Figure 5 has been turned into Table 3. All the other Figure and Table numbers have been modified accordingly.
Best Regards.
The Authors
Reviewer 2 Report
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Author Response
Manuscript Number: actuators-384027
Title: On Hirth ring couplings: design principles including the effect of friction
Authors: Dario Croccolo, Massimiliano De Agostinis, Stefano Fini, Giorgio Olmi, Francesco Robusto, Nicolò Vincenzi
Corresponding Author: Giorgio Olmi, Ph.D.
Dear Editor, Dear Reviewers,
We thank you very much for the careful review of our article and for your recommendations for improvement. The paper has now been revised, and all the remarks raised by the Reviewers have been tackled. The performed changes are clearly highlighted in yellow throughout the Manuscript file. In the following lines, a point-by-point response is addressed directly to the Reviewers (“>Q:” indicates the Reviewer’s Query is being quoted, whereas “>>R:” introduces our reply).
REVIEWER 2:
>Q: […] The paper is well written and interesting, however from a technical point of view the paper cannot be accepted for publication in the present form. Some minor revisions are necessary.
>>R: Thank you very much for the appreciation of our study.
>Q: 1. A nomenclature should be added to help the reader.
>>R: A nomenclature, including all the symbols, has been added at the end of the Manuscript.
>Q: 2. Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15 and 16 are too small and their size do not allow to read the text inside them.
>>R: Following also the recommendations by Reviewer 1, these figures (and other ones) have been improved in terms of resolution, overall dimension, sketch visibility and symbol readability.
>Q: 3. Other minor revisions are reported in the marked-up manuscript.
>>R: Some editorial corrections have been done.
Best Regards.
The Authors
