Method for computer-assisted selection of machine components

A method for computer-assisted selection of a machine component of a belt drive intended for a specific use, comprising the following work steps:

• a) determining properties of a respective machine component and influence quantities that determine the properties, wherein the influence quantities that determine the properties of the respective machine component are at least one of mechanical loads and environmental conditions;
• b) determining possible uses for the respective machine component;
• c) determining the influence quantities to be considered in use-specific selection and design of the respective machine component, to which the respective machine component is subject during its specific use, based on a closest use that is different than the specific use of the respective machine component;
• d) in practical use or through systematic experimental investigations of machine components, collecting statements relating to the influence quantities and determining information on interactions of the influence quantities with the properties of the respective machine component from the collected statements;
• e) feeding the information determined m work step d) relating to the interactions as machine-readable data into a database;
• f) formulating the influence quantities arising during intended use for the use-specific selection of the respective machine component suitable for the specific use, wherein the influence quantities arising during intended use are at least one of the mechanical loads and the environmental conditions;
• g) feeding the intended use and the influence quantities as input quantities into a selection algorithm running on a computer that, taking into account the input quantities, uses the information stored in the database to select at least one machine component that is optimally suitable for the specific use;
• h) equipping the at least one machine component selected in work step g), monitoring and recording of the machine component individually;
• i) supplying the at least one machine component selected in work step g) for the specific use;
• j) identifying and monitoring the at least one selected machine component in the specific use, wherein the monitoring provides a statement regarding a characteristic value representing one of the influence quantities considered;
• and
• k) feeding the statements collected in work step j) as the influence quantities back into the method starting with work step c).