Taxonomy | NTUT |
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Group | Slider-crank Mechanisms |
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ID | D01 |
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Title | Toggle mechanism |
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Creator | ||
Vintage | c.1913-1929 |
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Manufacturer | Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. |
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Size | Base: Width x Depth [267,101]mm; Overall: W x D x Height [267,114,214]mm |
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Medium | Iron |
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Rights | All rights reserved by National Taipei University of Technology and National Cheng Kung University |
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Audience | General Public |
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Keyword | ||
Description | For a linkage mechanism,
the limit position of a link is the position
of a link for which a coordinate which describes its position relative
to an adjacent link is a maximum or a minimum. For a mechanism, when one
of its links is in a limit position, we said that it is at the limit
position of a mechanism. For a four-bar mechanism, if its
limit positions are occurred when the active link is aligned with the
connecting rod, this mechanism is at the toggle position.
When the mechanism is reaching its toggle position, a small input torque
can generate an extremely large output torque, where its mechanical
advantage is being infinitely maximal. At such situation,
the mechanism is called a toggle mechanism.
The toggle mechanisms can be used in
the situation when one needs to output large force subject to a short
stroke, for example, the stone crushers and mechanical presses, etc. The
shown mechanism has a toggle position when the two lower links arrange
to be aligned. At this position, the slider can produce an extremely large
power to press workpiece. |
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Descr Author | Hong-Sen Yan | |
Descr Date | 2006-11-01 |
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References | [1] Yan, H. S., 1999, Mechanisms (Chinese), 2nd edition, Tong Hua Books, Taipei, pp. 169-170. [2] IFToMM Standardization of Terminology, 2003, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 38, No. 7-10, Chapter 1.3.15 and 1.3.16, p. 774. |
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