This book brings together all the resources needed to analyze mechanisms for the purpose of selecting an appropriate servomotor. Written for mechanical engineers engaged in the design of industrial machinery, this book is also well suited to the control engineer because it illustrates practical servomotor applications. The book breaks the motor sizing process into its elementary topics and covers each in depth. It then brings it all back together with detailed examples. Topics include kinematics, duty cycles, inertia, friction, and mechanics. The analysis of linkages is also discussed using the crank-arm and a two axis parallel robot as examples.
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Basic Kinematics
Chapter 2 : Advanced Kinematics
Chapter 3 : Duty Cycle
Chapter 4 : Profile Comparison
Chapter 5 : Inertia
Chapter 7 : Friction
Chapter 8 : Sizing Steps
Chapter 9 : Horizontal Pusher Example
Chapter 10 : Vertical Elevator Example
Chapter 11 : Nip Roller Example
Chapter 12 : Vectors
Chapter 13 : Crank Arm
Chapter 14 : Crank Arm Example
Chapter 15 : Two Axis Parallel Robot
Chapter 16 : Two Axis parallel Robot Example
Appendix 1 : Units and Symbols
Appendix 2 : Shapes
Appendix 3 : Common Integrals and Differentials
Appendix 4 : Trigonometric Identities
Appendix 5 : Timing Diagram Example
Appendix 6 : Cubic Spline
Index
