Trajectories Generated by a Novel Cam Driven Five-Bar Mechanism

Abstract:

In industry, the special kind of trajectory is often designed to fit the desired motion required. In literature, four-bar mechanism is popularly applied and well studied in the trajectory generation. Different types of trajectories are generated by the choose of the ratio of links. The five-bar mechanism is another popular one to generate the desired trajectory and it is more flexible due to it has two degrees of freedom. The geared five-bar mechanism is then commonly used by reducing the degree of freedom of the mechanism into one by implied one pair of gear. In this study, the trajectories generated by a novel cam driven five-bar mechanism proposed by the authors are investigated. It could supply more choices in the application of trajectory generation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 799-800)
• Pages: 685-692
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.799-800.685
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Shinn Liang Chang*, Dai Jia Juan, You Huang Syu
• Keywords: CAM, Geared Five-Bar Mechanism, Trajectory Generation, Vector Loop Equation

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