Compression Chamber

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WM2D File

Software copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Info

As the input link (in red) draws upward, the platen (in yellow) moves up and the eightbar linkage forms a toggle position, where the nine-bar linkage is at a toggle position (links in dark blue and pink are collinear).

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure P2.4h on p.78 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R. L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.