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Assembling Mechanisms
Mechanisms
USING KINEMATIC JOINTS TO CREATE MECHANISMS
What is a Mechanism?
A mechanism is created when multiple kinematic elements are combined
to create a machine that provides some desired motion or mechanical
advantage. In the diagram below, you can see multiple kinematic
elements that have been combined to create a crank and slider
mechanism. This mechanism converts rotary motion into linear motion
with a slight mechanical advantage.
Lets begin by creating a drivetrain for a small robot and defining gear
pairs so that the wheels will turn appropriately.
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The Orientation Sphere helps you reposition a part once you have
dropped it.
14. In the Repeat Component dialog box, hold CTRL and leftclick on the two Coincident constraints.
15. Click Add.
Now we will move into a new application of PTC Creo called Mechanism.
This area of PTC Creo provides tools for creating and simulating
mechanisms.
A gear pair tells PTC Creo that two pin joints are connected in a specific
way. Typically, this relationship is defined by a ratio. For example, when
two gears connect, there is a gear ratio that relates the diameters of the
two gears or the number of teeth on each gear.
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Review
So far you have been able to create a drivetrain for a simple robot that
uses gear pairs between multiple pin joints to simulate rotary motion.
Lets review what operations you used:
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Using these methods you can create drivetrains and geartrains for use in
mechanisms and machines of all types.
Practice Exercise
Lets try each of these actions again but with a new model.
This is the model of a pneumatic gear train for a dentists drill. There is a
small turbine in the rear of the geartrain that powers the sun gear. The
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planet gears then transfer the rotation to the ring gear, which holds the
Dentists drill.
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Now that you have had a chance to practice each of the steps in the gear
train exercise, try answering these questions:
1. What are gear pairs used for in creating a mechanism?
2. What happens if you forget to ground the first part in an assembly
with a default constraint?
3. How do you flip the direction of a gear pair?
4. Can you connect more than two gears in a gear pair?
5. What if you have 3 gears in a planetary gear system that you want
to connect?
6. How do you calculate the mechanical advantage in a gear pair?
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FINAL ASSESSMENT
Set your working directory to the Lego_Actuator folder and follow the
instructions here:
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