Rotary to Reciprocal motion
Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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Does anyone know a mechanical way to convert rotary motion to reciprocal motion withen a confined space?
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Does anyone know a mechanical way to convert rotary motion to reciprocal motion withen a confined space?
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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Matthew Ian Loew
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/pages/cardan.html
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
Not the same, but very cool!
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Thanks for that link. Neat pages there. The Reciprocator mechanism brought back some nice memories from university (it was a lab exercise for CAD in SDRC I-DEAS 4!)
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Matthew Ian Loew
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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How are you attaching those fine images?
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Matthew Ian Loew
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
That statement does not change anything. The crank-slider, Scotch Yoke, rack-and-pinion, and Cardan-gear mechanisms can all take a constant rotational speed and convert this motion to a stroke of a certain dimension assuming you have room to package the mechanism. All except the rack-and-pinion will have a fundamental relationship requiring the diametric dimension of the joint on the rotating member to be equal to the stroke. The physical package space will always be greater than this. The rack-and-pinion packages much more elegantly.
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Possibly a rack-and-pinion could be packaged in that space. How is it that you are a mechanical engineering professional and so unaware of these mechanisms?
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Matthew Ian Loew
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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- - -Dennyd
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I did some Googling with the keywords level-wind mechanism to learn more about this. Is this really (reely? To be punny about it) just a large reduction worm-gear and sector?
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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It has some similarity, but it is actually a special form of a cam and follower. I've used it before for a design of an ultrasonic probe that gets shoved where you don't want it, but the client chose his own design instead.
Heidt,
Perhaps if you provided more detail about the design goals we'd be able to give better suggestions.
- - -Dennyd
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
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RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
I am sure glad you have two guides on the scotch yoke. I have some test papers where my father drew the yoke with only one guide. The note returned with the drawing cautioned him about having two guides (best) or one longer one, not more than 2d of the shaft. He lossed 20 points on the drawing. He was also advised to study the chapter on the yoke and always consider all the inputs on design.
circa. 1925
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Cheers,
SACEM1
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There is another type of traverse mechanism that uses only a twisted rod and follower. Turn the rod and follower advances.
The followers have to be made with a antirotation device.
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I can see from your profile that you are a new member. Welcome to the fourm. However, in order to give you a proper answer, we will need more complete information about your application. As you can see, members have already devoted a lot of time to posting answers that are all over the map due to the lack of sufficient detail to work with.
Give us the details, and I am sure we can give your problem a real go.
rmw
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Sorry I missed your post I think this is the way to go if he could reverse the rotary motion. This brings into play the worm and pall as posted by Dennyd. We had traverse mechanisms, but the longest I've ever seen is 24".
I'm try to find heidt a picture of the twisted bar.
It is similar to the child’s toy were you push down and the top spins.
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The 3 inch pipe and 5 foot length would suggest a pair of pulleys with a drive belt / chain. It would depend if there is an amount of power that you need to transmit, or is it the position that needs to be the function. Besides the many v-belt and rubber belt products, there is a precision metal belt available, www.belttechologies.com , from a company with laser cutting / welding expertise. They use precision laser cutting to form pattern of drive holes in metal strip to make belts of almost any length. A clip weld attached to the belt would provide the linear motion. The 5 foot length would not be a challenge for the metal belt. You did not mention if there was a liquid inside the 3 inch pipe. The metal belts are usually stainless steel, but could be of other alloys for corrosion resistance. The thickness / width of the metal belt would be one of the limiting factors for power transmission.
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It appears that we assumed that axis of the rotary motion must be perpendicular to the linear motion. Is this correct or can the axis be in some other orientation?
Parallel, concentric?
Griffy
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http://www.idcomm.com/personal/cfales/intro.htm
I've seen ad copy for an industrial version of the bait casting reel's level wind mechanism. Seems like the perfect solution for this problem. Self reversing, compact and fits into the package as described. Someone else must remember the company name?
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
I am thinking that using a simple or multiple lead screw with its nut turning alternatively one direction or the other by means of a friction disk clutch could do the trick.
Think how a friction press works, it has a central disk wheel that drives the nut and it is propelled by two perpendicular friction disks allways turning the same direction, one on each side of the center disk wheel, they come in contact one or the other with the edge of the center disk wheel and depending on the side that makes contact the ram (screw) goes in or out.
Hope it helped
SACEM1
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I don't agree. You can have helical cut grooves where the helix angle reverses at each end. The helix angle likely must be between 30 and 60 degrees to allow the follower to cross grooves successfully. I've seen this in application somewhere a long time ago but I can't remember what it was. Perhaps someone else has seen this?
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The turnaround groove is the essential part of the mechanism.
http://www.hoistandwinch.com/ourtech.htm
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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The follower or shoe rides in a helical groove cut in such a manner as to reverse axial travel at the end of the stroke without changing rotational direction.
The company I referred to earlier was Norco/Flennor. I may have been mistaken about the self-reversing feature of their product, however. Still, the product used followers positioned in helical grooves to obtain large linear travels from relatively small rotational input. Probably worth talking to them...
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The levelwind mechanism I mentioned earlier seems to have gathered some support. I have one I modeled in SolidWorks several years ago. It is not to your scale but it could be a good starting point. The beauty of this mchanism is that it has a constant direction input, a smooth and quick direction reversal, and a (typically) uniform traverse speed. It is also very compact, but it does involve some geometry that folks aren't familiar either designing or manufacturing. The link provided by unclesyd should be a good starting point if you are really interested in this mechanism. A Skotch Yoke or similar mechanism will usually have a sinusoidal output for a constant input. What do you need?
As others have mentioned, you have a wealth of creative, experienced and willing contributors to this forum and this thread has grown long. You need to help us help you by giving more specifics of the problem you are trying to solve.
- - -Dennyd
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I was checking on the design parameters when I was made aware that the designer, retired in 1990, of all the traverse mechanisms on site, sadly is in a nursing home.
No one at the site has his design expertise and his files and books were cleaned out because it was deemed he had nothing of value since he was a self taught machine designer and I might add a good one.
There should be current information on design as they are still used in some textile industry and as noted in the winch industry in place of fairleads.
Here is a better picture of different type cams.
Also note that they are called differents names.
http://www.kedacorp.com/cylindrical%20cams.htm
Anecdotal:
The book he used for traverse mechanisms was small with a reddish cover and gold leaf edges on very thin paper pages, it looked like the old Audel Handbooks.
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
Cheers,
SACEM1
I agree with strokersix just wonder if enough power can be transmited with so long a lead on the screw.
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
New member, first post:
What does the follower of a LevelWind Cam look like?
Can a levelwind work in high speed / High load applications with the right design?
Can a LevelWind Cam be used in low pressure angle desing i.e. <30deg?
Really would love to see a 3D design of a LevelWind and Follower!!
THANKS for All the Help!!
RE: Rotary to Reciprocal motion
It called a pawl and has end cut to the radius of curvature of the inside dimensions of the worm or cam. They can be any length as long as it will pass over a slot without stopping or trying to enter the slot. The width is determined by load and amount of play that is acceptable.
Checkout this website.
http://www.kedacorp.com/cylindrical%20cams.htm
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Regards
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It's taken me some time, but I finally found the device I wanted to suggest. These can be very large mechanisms but nowhere did see your load requirements, so you can scale them down some.
http://serapid.com/gb/accueil1.html
http://serapid.com/gb/animation/anim3.html
Just another thought
pennpoint