Synthesis of the Planar Four-Bar Linkage : (The Mechanism for Function-Generation)

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It takes more time to design link mechanisms than to do cam and Geneva and other mechanisms because high-order equations must be solved by trial and error methods and complicated data treated. In this paper, these problems are solved by the analog computer. The analog computers have been used as the simulators in investigations of link mechanisms but never been used to synthesize mechanisms. In this paper, the analog computer is used for three-points' synthesis when planar four-bar linkages are used as function-generators. Furthermore, a new simulator is shown to be applicable for examining precisely the conditions of motion of the synthesized mechanisms.