Chapter eight
Mechanical actuation systems
Objectives
The objectives of this chapter are that, after studying it, the reader should be able to:
- Determine possible mechanical actuation systems for motion transmission involving linear-to-rotary, rotary-to-rotary, rotary-to-linear and cyclic motion transmission.
- Evaluate the capabilities of linkages, cams, gears, ratchet-and-pawl, belt and chain drives and bearings for actuation systems.
8.1 Mechanical systems
This chapter is a consideration of mechanisms: mechanisms are devices which can be considered to be motion converters in that they transform motion from one form to some other required form. They might, for example, transform linear motion into rotational motion, or motion in one direction ...
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