Abstract
Synthesis of four-bar linkages for three design positions has been implemented on a micro-computer and incorporated into an existing four design position program - LINCAGES. This new program provides for both three and four precision position specification methods under a common user interface. The program runs on IBM PC/XT/AT computers with full color graphics and has mnouse-based interactive capabilities. When prescribing the motion of a mechanism with three finitely separated positions (rather than four or five), there are a larger number of free choices available to the designer. A design example is presented which demonstrates the features of this package using the three precision position mode. A simple rocker-rocker mechanism that might serve as an assembly line pick-and-place linkage is synthesized and analyzed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Unknown Host Publication Title |
| Publisher | Publ by American Soc of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Pages | 91-96 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1988 |
| Event | Computers in Engineering 1988 - Proceedings - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Jul 31 1988 → Aug 4 1988 |
Other
| Other | Computers in Engineering 1988 - Proceedings |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 7/31/88 → 8/4/88 |