Mechanisms — planar linkage

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Watt Topology Six-bar Linkage diagram
Watt Topology Six-bar Linkage Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Uses
Watt topology six-bar linkage explained — kinematics, dwell motion, formulas, and real automotive and packaging applications from a practising engineer.
Twelve-bar Linkage diagram
Twelve-bar Linkage Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, and Uses
Twelve-bar linkage explained — how 12 rigid links and 16 joints generate complex coupler paths for prosthetics, robotics, and packaging machinery.
Three-link Kinematic Chain diagram
Three-link Kinematic Chain: How It Works, Mobility Formula, Diagram, Parts and Uses Explained
Three-link kinematic chain explained — mobility, joint counts, and worked DOF math for robotics, excavators, and mechanism design. Engineer's reference guide.
Ten-bar Linkage diagram
Ten-bar Linkage Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Grübler DOF Formula, Parts & Uses
Ten-bar linkage explained — how engineers build 10-link mechanisms for prosthetic knees, robotic legs, and packaging machines. Geometry, formulas, real builds.
Sylvester-kempe Linkage diagram
Sylvester-kempe Linkage Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Straight-Line Uses
Sylvester-Kempe linkage explained — exact straight-line motion from rotary input, with worked example, design ranges, and real applications in precision motion.
Six-bar Linkage diagram
Six-bar Linkage Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Uses
Six-bar linkage explained — how the Watt and Stephenson chains generate complex paths, where they beat four-bars, and how machine designers size them.
Quadruplanar Inversor diagram
Quadruplanar Inversor Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Formula, and Uses
Quadruplanar Inversor explained — how this 4-bar inversion linkage converts circular motion to straight-line travel for drafting tools, optics jigs, and lab gear.
Peaucellier-lipkin Linkage diagram
Peaucellier-lipkin Linkage: Mechanism, How It Works, Diagrams, Videos, Detailed Explanation
The Peaucellier-Lipkin Linkage converts rotary motion into perfect straight-line travel. See how it works, the math, and real-world uses in optics and metrology.
Four-link Kinematic Chain (closed) diagram
Four-link Kinematic Chain (closed): How the Four-Bar Mechanism Works, Parts and Uses Explained
Four-bar linkage explained — how the closed four-link kinematic chain works, Grashof's law, design formulas, and real machine examples from automotive to robotics.
Eight-bar Linkage diagram
Eight-bar Linkage Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Grübler DOF Formula
Eight-bar linkage explained: how 8 rigid links and 10 joints generate complex paths for walking robots, suspension geometry, and precision motion stages.
Crank-rocker Mechanism diagram
Crank-rocker Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Formula, and Industrial Uses Explained
How a Crank-rocker Mechanism converts continuous rotation into oscillating motion, with the Grashof condition, worked example, and real industrial uses.