EF-3.4 – Mechanisms – Bar Linkages
The EF-3.4 Bar Linkages experiments kit comprises of different perforated bars or links configured into a range of different linkage mechanisms, including four-bar linkages, rotary and linear movement and planar linkages allowing students to trace the relative movements of each linkage and joint.
Description
The Engineering Fundamentals range enables students to gain an understanding of the principles of engineering by the process of learning via experimentation.
The EF-3.4 Bar Linkages experiments kit comprises of different perforated bars or links configured into a range of different linkage mechanisms, including four-bar linkages, rotary and linear movement and planar linkages allowing students to trace the relative movements of each linkage and joint.
A linkage is an assembly of links and joints that provide a desired output motion in response to a specified input motion.
One such example and one of the simplest moveable closed-chain linkages is the four-bar which consists of four bars or links connected in a loop by four joints and can be used for many mechanical purposes including converting rotational motion to reciprocating motion and converting reciprocation motion to rotational motion.
Technical Specifications
Features & Benefits
Features
- Neatly presented in an easily identifiable and durable storage tray
- Trays have clear lids making it easy to see their contents
- Pictorial tray contents list to identify missing components easily
- Accompanied by a detailed manual with various practical exercises
- Clear and concise assembly instructions for each experiment
- Multiple experiments per kit
- Toolless assembly
Benefits
- Hands-on understanding from lessons
- Improve the student’s dexterity by self-assembly with the instructions provided
Downloads
- Pantograph – observe that moving the pantograph linkage reproduces the motion of one point of the linkage at a second point, at an increased or decreased size
- Principle steering motion using an Ackermann steering linkage
- Four bar linkages
- Straight line linkages
- Drag link
- Crank rocker
- Double rocker
- Parallelogram
- Chebyshev linkage
- Watt’s linkage
- Peaucellier-Lipkin
- Hart’s inversor
- Roberts linkage
- EF-BU Base Unit
- Statics Experiments
– EF-1.1 Forces
– EF-1.2 Moments
– EF-1.3a Beams
– EF-1.3bTrusses
– EF-1.4 Springs
– EF-1.5 Torsion
- Dynamics Experiments
– EF-2.1 Friction
– EF-2.2 Simple Harmonic Motion
– EF-2.3 Rotational Friction
– EF-2.4 Potential and Kinetic Energy
– EF-2.5 Centrifugal and Centripetal Force
- Mechanisms Experiments
– EF-3.1 Cam, Crank and Toggle
– EF-3.2 Simple Mechanisms
– EF-3.3 Additional Mechanisms
– EF-3.4 Bar Linkages
- Kinematics
– EF-4.1 Pulleys
– EF-4.2 Gears
– EF-4.3 Drive Systems
- Strength of Materials
– EF-5.1 Tensile Tester
- Options
– EF-WS Workstation
- 2 x 13 Hole linkage
- 4 x 9 Hole linkage
- 2 x 7 Hole linkage
- 4 x 5 Hole linkage
- Removable pivot pin – short, medium, long
- Stand – short, medium, long
- EF-BU Base Unit
- EF-BU on which to build the experiment from the tray components
- Level and stable work surface to mount the EF-BU upon. The optional EF-WS is ideal for this if no suitable desk or bench is available.
Volume: 0.02m³ per tray
Gross Weight: 5.0kg per tray
Tray
Length: 0.430m per tray
Width: 0.312m per tray
Height: 0.080m per tray
- EF-3.4 – Bar Linkages
- EF-BU – Base Unit
- EF-WS – Workstation (optional)
