| CAD: NTUT-D01 Toggle Mechanism |
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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| SolidWorks model constructed by Wei-Ciao Jhuang. | |
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