How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
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Hi, I cant find, don't know what it would be called, or even if it exists.
Basically, i have multiple, say 5, individual ropes that pull with similar force but by different amounts of displacement. I want to combine them into 1 output.
Similarly I have 5 rods that are pushed OR pulled different amounts (movement/displacement), but with equal force. I want the output to represent the same, or close to, force but an addition of the all the movements. Assume they all move the same direction for now.
Does that make any sense?!
thanks,
adam
Basically, i have multiple, say 5, individual ropes that pull with similar force but by different amounts of displacement. I want to combine them into 1 output.
Similarly I have 5 rods that are pushed OR pulled different amounts (movement/displacement), but with equal force. I want the output to represent the same, or close to, force but an addition of the all the movements. Assume they all move the same direction for now.
Does that make any sense?!
thanks,
adam





RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
If the forces are identical one could use each input to drive a hydraulic cylinder and the fluid displaced would be a summation of the individual displacements.
RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
RE: How to add multiple rods pushing, or ropes pulling into one. Are there mechanism for this?
Thanks for all the input!
adam