How some simple mechanisms work


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How some simple mechanisms work



How some simple mechanisms work

How some simple mechanisms work

Second hand movement in the clock - Maltese Cross mechanism

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Guest: Dixie Normous (158 days ago)

@London1 No 2 is a 5-cylinder RADIAL engine. Wankel engines have no pistons.

Guest: Sue Pinner-Basquet (158 days ago)

Latest comment: "I feel somewhat aroused by Number 2 !!!!!??? "

Guest: alan (158 days ago)

they`re moving too fast for my slow eyes and brain to fully see and grasp whats happening lol...but still, i love little mechanism and their smug efficiency!

Guest: London1 (158 days ago)

No.2 is a Wankel rotary engine.
   

Guest (158 days ago)

Ignorance begets confidence more frequently than does knowledge - Charles Darwin.
   

Guest (158 days ago)

You Tosser. Dixie's right, and you've made yourself look like an ignorant - yet loud mouthed - fool.

Guest (158 days ago)

does number 3 draw a circle and what would it be used for??
   

Guest: Bemum (158 days ago)

Number 3 provides an elliptical motion.
   

Guest (158 days ago)

If it were to be used by a designer who has yet to discover the myriad of better ways to create a motion, it might be used to wrap shrink-film over moving boxes on a conveyor belt for example. However.. this motion is hard to "drive" and is rarely used.

Guest (158 days ago)

Nr 4 is utterly inaccurate. Not once does it bend the F'cking needle or chew up the thread...

Guest (158 days ago)

@ BoreMe.. Never heard of an "Escapement" mechanism? That's how second hands are moved you numpties. The Maltese Cross is traditionally a 4-stop system. The real term is "Geneva Drive" Wikipedia it and you'll see where this animation was taken from. Don't F*ck with engineers... we'll bore you to death. ;o)