Walking Beam Conveyor

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WM2D File

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

Info

The walking beam (in blue) pushes article (in red) in the forward motion, and the material is left stationary until the next cycle. The mechanism is for moving articles with intermittent advancement. 

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure P2.4d 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.