Description
This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using different arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers or lecturers fit the parts of the kit to the work panel (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic. This kit includes a crank and slider to show the relative forces during crank motion. It also includes four popular cam shapes to show their different characteristics. Another set of parts in the kit shows the characteristics of a mechanical toggle. Students fi t the crank and slider with weights and a spring balance to see the change in linear and rotational forces (moments) as the crank turns. They also use the slider with different followers on a set of four popular shape cams -heart, pear, spiral and round. This gives several cam and follower combinations to help students understand the different characteristics of each cam and why engineers choose between them for different applications. The last set of parts in the kit has a simple linkage that allows students to see the characteristics of a toggle mechanism. Its shows the relative forces and angular conditions of the toggle in its initial state and how they affect the point at which it locks or ‘snaps’ into a horizontal state. The kit introduces students to key engineering terms such as a ‘fl at follower’, a ‘roller follower’ and ‘toggle action’. we supplies a CD-ROM with the work panel. It includes all the worksheets, guidance notes and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range. Note: The kit is for use with the work panel (supplied separately).
Learning Outcomes
Displacement and angle characteristics of pear, heart, round and spiral cams
Characteristics of a mechanical toggle
Turning moments and forces during crank motion
Specifications
Atico is committed to a programme of continuous improvement; hence we reserve the right to alter the design and product specification without prior notice.
Storage tray (with clip-on lid):
450 mm x 320 mm x 85 mm
Nett weight:
3.4 kg
Packed volume and weight:
Approximately 0.015 m3 and 3.9 kg
Main parts:
• Pear, round, heart and spiral cams
• Set of followers
• Toggle linkage
• Crank and slider
• Masses
Operating Conditions
Operating Enviroment:
Laboratory Enviroment
Storage Temprature Range :
–25°C to +55°C (when packed for transport)
Operating Temprature range:
+5°C to +40°C
Operating relative humidity range:
80% at temperatures < 31°C decreasing linearly to 50% at 40°C
