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Cam-operated Shears Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Force Formula and Uses
See a cam close a pivoted shear. Estimate cutting-edge force for a solid round section and compare cycle timing, with clear limits on cam-load and...
Reciprocating Pump From Rotary via Cam: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Calculator
Explore a circular eccentric cam driving a pump plunger. Calculate plunger area, ideal volume per stroke and revolution, and revolutions per millilitre.
Modified Eccentric with Elongated Yoke: Straight-Line Motion
Explore how an eccentric disc and elongated yoke produce guided sinusoidal rod motion. Calculate stroke, ideal slot height, peak speed and acceleration.
Vibratory Belt Motion: Segment-Lever Illustration and Harmonic Calculator
Compare two strokes and calculate ideal sinusoidal peak belt speed and acceleration under an explicit one-cycle-per-revolution assumption.
Irregular Reciprocating Motion: Mass and Acceleration Calculator | FIRGELLI
Convert an entered peak acceleration to inertial-force magnitude using mass, and convert a declared cycle rate to period. The block animation does not derive reciprocator...
Variable Eccentric: Ideal Circular-motion Force Calculator
Explore an offset sleeve and entered net eccentricity. Calculate ideal point-mass radial force, acceleration and frequency; follower, bearing and lock loads are not calculated.
Variable Crank Throw: Ideal Stroke and Screw Adjustment
Calculate ideal stroke from crank radius and stroke change per radial screw turn. Compare radius with an explicitly entered symmetric span; actual slot capacity and...
Disk-and-pin Lever Vibration Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Calculator
Explore a rocking lever with its pin following a rotating disk groove. Compare sinusoidal swing, frequency, pin travel and groove clearance.
Rectilinear Vibrating Motion Mechanism: How It Works, Scotch Yoke Diagram, Formula and Uses
Explore Scotch-yoke motion and calculate stroke, amplitude, cycle frequency and peak slider speed from crank eccentricity and shaft RPM.
Irregular Vibratory Motion: Normalized Speed-Profile Calculator | FIRGELLI
Compare modulation depths implied by two peak-to-minimum speed ratios for a stated sinusoidal law. The plot does not calculate gears, machine vibration or screening performance.