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Some Examples of Mechanisms from everyday life: -V
Aerator
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In wet places when you cut the grass
as animal feed, it must be dried. During drying the grass must be
rotated. |
Hay feeder in Bailing Machine
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The hay must be fed into a machine,
compressed and wrapped to be used in winter, the mechanism shown feeds
the loose hay to the machine. |
Garage Door
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There are several different automatic
garage door designs in use, the mechanism shown uses only turning
joints. |
Dough Kneader
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In food industry, there are lots of
tasks in kneading, mixing, churning, etc. In bread making the floor
and water must be thoroughly mixed. The dough kneader mechanism shown
is a good choice |
Camera Diaphraghm
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Depending on the intensity of light,
the diaphraghm of a camera must be opened or closed (the hole diameter
must be increased or decreased) A very simple mechanism can perform
this task (actually there are several mechanisms of the same type
around the lens (usually 6) |
The number of mechanisms that ypu can see in practice is infinite. You can see some other examples at Cornell University Library "KINEMATIC MODELS FOR DESIGN" Reuleaux collections .
or Multimedia files of mechanisms at Dresden University Mechanical Engineering Department
Homework: Can
you identify some mechanisms that you use in your everyday life? These
mechanisms exist in workshops, as kitchen utensils, as a furniture, etc.
all around you.
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