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What do mechanical devices do?

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They change an input force and movement into a desired output force and movement they can change the magnitude and direction of force

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What can mechanisms be used for?

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To make a force, bigger or smaller

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What can mechanical devices be used for?

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To produce different types of movement

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What is linear movement?

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Movement in a straight line in One Direction

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What is reciprocating movement?

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Movement in a straight line in two directions

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What is rotary movement?

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Rotational movement on or around an axis

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What is oscillating movement?

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The movement back and forth along a curved path

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Name is six simple mechanisms

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Inclined plane
Wedge
Screw
A lever
Wheel and axle.
Pulley

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9
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What is mechanical advantage?

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A measure of the force amplification achieved by using a mechanism

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10
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What does MA stand for?

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Mechanical advantage

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What does mechanical advantage measure?

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The ratio of the input force (effort) to the output force (load)

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How do you calculate mechanical advantage?

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Load divided by effort

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What are gears? And what are they used for?

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They are toothed wheels attached to shafts. They are used to transmit power and rotational motion around mechanical systems.

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What do gear trains consist of?

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Two or more interlocking gears that transmit torque and rotary motion

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What is torque?

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Determine force that causes rotation

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What do the teeth of the gears do in a gear train?

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  1. The teeth of the gears interlock
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17
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What is the output gear in a geartrain called?

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The driver gear

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What is the output gear in the geartrain called?

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The driven gear

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19
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What happens if the driver gear rotates clockwise?

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The driven gear rotate anticlockwise

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How can the direction of rotation of the driven gear be changed?

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By adding an idler gear

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How does the idler gear change the direction of rotation?

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It changes the direction of rotation, so that both the driver gear and the driven gear I’m moving in the same direction

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Why does the size of the idler gear not matter?

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It transfers, the movement without altering the speed of the gears

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How do you make a faster output speed?

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The input gear must be larger than the output gear

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How do you create a slower output speed?

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The input gear must be smaller than the output gear

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How do you calculate. The number of teeth of a small gear in gear ratios?

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by dividing the number of teeth on the last year by the number of teeth on the smaller gear

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How do you calculate the large gear in gear ratios

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The last year always equals one

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27
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What are cam mechanisms used for?

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They used to convert rotary motion into reciprocal motion

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28
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What do you mechanisms consist of?

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mechanisms consist of a cam and a follower

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29
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What is a cam?

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Especially shaped piece of material attached to a rotating shaft

30
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How does a cam and a follower create a reciprocating motion?

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A rod known as a follower rests on the cam and rises and falls as the cam rotates

31
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What depends on the shape of the cam

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Whether the follower will either rise, fall or dwell ( Remain stationary)

32
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Does a cam mechanism often also include

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1.A slide to prevent the follower from slipping.
2.A crack (handle) to manually rotate the camshaft.
3. A wheel follower to reduce friction between the cam and the follower

33
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List of four common cams

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1.eccentric ( Circular)
2.pear-shaped,
3.snail
4.heart-shaped ( Constant velocity)

34
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How do eccentric cams work?

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The pivot ( Rotating shaft )is positioned off centre, causing the follower to steadily rise and fall

35
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How does a snail cam work?

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The follower gradually rises, and then suddenly drops. It can only rotate in One Direction.

36
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How does a pear-shaped cam work?

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The follower dwells for half a turn
It then rises as the point approaches for a quarter of a term before falling for the last quarter rotation.

37
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How does a heart shaped cam work?

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The follower rises, and falls, with no dwell period is said to have constant velocity

38
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What is a simple fixed pulley Mechanism made from

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It is made up of a rimmed wheel and a cable which sits inside of the rimmed wheel

39
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What are the positives of a simple fixed pulley mechanism?

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It provides no mechanical advantage, but it can make items easier to lift by changing the direction of force

40
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What can reduce the magnitude of force required to lift a load?

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Using two or more police together in a block and tackle system

41
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Give an example of a block and tackle system

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half the required input force to lift the load

42
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What happens in a belt and pulley system?

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Two or more pulley are connected by about to transfer rotary, motion, and force from the driver pulley to the driven pulley

43
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Give an example of when a belt and pulley system is used

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They’re used in car engines and washing machines

44
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As the belts need to remain taught in a belt and police system, what are they made out of?

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They are often made of rubber to reduce the thing

45
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What does crossing the belts and a belt and pulley system do?

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It changes the direction of the output movement

46
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In a belt and pulley system, what happens when the driver pulley is larger than the driven pulley?

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The driven pulley will rotate faster, but the torque will be less

47
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In a belt and Pulley system, what happens when the driver pulley is smaller than the driven pulley?

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The driven Polly will rotate slower, but the torque will be greater

48
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How can the velocity ratio between two pulleys be calculated?

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Diameter of driven, pulley, divided by diameter of driver pulley

49
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What is a lever?

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A mechanical device used to transmit and transform the effects of forces

50
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What is transmitted through the lever to move the load?

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Motion and input force (effort)

51
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What are the three parts to a lever?

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Effort, fulcrum/pivot,load

52
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What is the effort in A lever?

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The input force exerted on the lever

53
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What is the fulcrum/ pivot in the lever?

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The point around which the lever acts

54
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What is the load in a lever?

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The force of the object that needs to be moved

55
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What are the three classes of levers?

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First order
second order
third order

56
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How does the first order lever work?

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The fulcrum is position between the Loader and the effort.

57
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How can the input effort required to lift the load be reduced in a first order lever?

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by moving the fulcrum closer to the load.

58
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3 examples of a first order lever….

A

Scissors
Seesaw
Crowbar

59
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How does a second order lever work??

A

The load is positioned between the fulcrum and the effort

60
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How can the input effort required to lift the load be reduced?

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By moving the load closer to the Fulcrum

61
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3 examples of a second order lever….

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Bottle opener
Wheelbarrow
Nutcracker

62
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What Happens in a third order lever?

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The effort this position between the Fulcrum and a load

63
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What do third order leavers not have compared to 1st and second order leavers

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Mechanical advantage as the effort is closer to the fulcrum than the load. As a result, the input effort is greater than the output force.

64
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3 examples of a third order lever

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Tweezers
Human arm
Fishing rod

65
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Name, the 3 types of linkages

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Push and pull linkages
Bell crank linkages.
Changing magnitude of force

66
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What can be joined together to make linkages?

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Leavers

67
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What do linkages change?

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1.And input motion
2.force into an output motion
3.force

68
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What dopush/pull linkages make?

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Creates an identical parallel motion at the output

69
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What kind of a push/pull linkage also be called

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A parallel motion

70
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What do bell crank linkages do?

A

Change the direction of motion through 90°

71
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What happens in a reverse linkage? ( changing magnitude and force)

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The fixed point (pivot)is an equal distance from the input and output leavers so the output force is equal to the input force

72
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In a reverse linkage, what must be done to make the output force greater than the input force

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You must move the fixed (pivot) point closer to the output

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