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Whitworth's Quick Return Mechanism
Author

Gábor Erdős
Organization: Bit-Plié 2003 Bt.
URL: http://www.linkagedesigner.com/
Description

The Whitworth quick return mechanism converts rotary motion into reciprocating motion, but unlike the crank and slider, the forward reciprocating motion is at a different rate than the backward stroke. At the bottom of the drive arm, the peg only has to move through a few degrees to sweep the arm from left to right, but it takes the remainder of the revolution to bring the arm back. This mechanism is most commonly seen as the drive for a shaping machine.
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*Wolfram Technology > Application Packages > Applications from Independent Developers > LinkageDesigner
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