Approximate Circular and Straight Line Path Generation with High-Performance Function-Generating Linkages
Abstract
Certain manufacturing industries, including the semiconductor industry, are now moving toward very high-speed machinery requiring very small yet precise motions. The total path of a coupler point on harmonic motion-generating linkages, with relatively small input cranks, has been shown to be an approximate ellipse. Such linkages have been described to possess superior performance qualities for high speed machine application. Two special cases of the elliptical path are circular and linear paths. An investigation of the kinematic equations, which govern the motion of a coupler point, reveal the nonexistence of such exact paths, prompting the two theorems with proofs forwarded herein. Linkages are synthesized in an effort to find coupler points which trace "near-circle" and "near-straight-line" entire paths. Some interesting results are obtained in studying the motion behavior of coupler points on such linkages.
Recommended Citation
A. I. Mahyuddin et al., "Approximate Circular and Straight Line Path Generation with High-Performance Function-Generating Linkages," Journal of Mechanical Design, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Jan 1989.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3258982
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Linkages; Motion; Machinery; Theorems (Mathematics); Semiconductor Industry; Equations of Motion; Manufacturing Industry
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1050-0472
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1989 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 1989