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    Single Slider Crank Chain

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    A single slider crank chain is a mechanism that converts rotary motion to reciprocal motion. It consists of one sliding pair and three turning pairs. In a single slider crank chain, the crank (link 2) rotates, causing the crosshead (link 4) to reciprocate in guides, and thus the piston (not shown) to reciprocate in the cylinder (link 1). There are four possible inversions of this mechanism, where different links are held stationary instead of rotating. These inversions are used in mechanisms like the pendulum pump, oscillating cylinder engine, and rotary internal combustion engine.

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    Single Slider Crank Chain

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    A single slider crank chain is a mechanism that converts rotary motion to reciprocal motion. It consists of one sliding pair and three turning pairs. In a single slider crank chain, the crank (link 2) rotates, causing the crosshead (link 4) to reciprocate in guides, and thus the piston (not shown) to reciprocate in the cylinder (link 1). There are four possible inversions of this mechanism, where different links are held stationary instead of rotating. These inversions are used in mechanisms like the pendulum pump, oscillating cylinder engine, and rotary internal combustion engine.

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    A single slider crank chain is a mechanism that converts rotary motion to reciprocal motion. It consists of one sliding pair and three turning pairs. In a single slider crank chain, the crank (link 2) rotates, causing the crosshead (link 4) to reciprocate in guides, and thus the piston (not shown) to reciprocate in the cylinder (link 1). There are four possible inversions of this mechanism, where different links are held stationary instead of rotating. These inversions are used in mechanisms like the pendulum pump, oscillating cylinder engine, and rotary internal combustion engine.

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    Single Slider Crank Chain

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    Sunny Raj
    A single slider crank chain is a mechanism that converts rotary motion to reciprocal motion. It consists of one sliding pair and three turning pairs. In a single slider crank chain, the crank (link 2) rotates, causing the crosshead (link 4) to reciprocate in guides, and thus the piston (not shown) to reciprocate in the cylinder (link 1). There are four possible inversions of this mechanism, where different links are held stationary instead of rotating. These inversions are used in mechanisms like the pendulum pump, oscillating cylinder engine, and rotary internal combustion engine.

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    Single Slider Crank Chain

    • A single slider crank chain is a modification of the basic four bar chain.
    • It consist of one sliding pair and three turning pairs. It is, usually, found in reciprocating
    steam engine mechanism.
    • This type of mechanism converts rotary motion into reciprocating motion and vice versa.
    • In a single slider crank chain, as shown in Fig., the links 1 and 2, links 2 and 3, and links 3
    and 4 form three turning pairs while the links 4 and 1 form a sliding pair.
    • The link 1 corresponds to the frame of the engine, which is fixed. The link 2 corresponds
    to the crank ; link 3 corresponds to the connecting rod and link 4 corresponds to cross-
    head.
    • As the crank rotates, the cross-head reciprocates in the guides and thus the piston
    reciprocates in the cylinder.

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    Inversions of Single Slider Crank Chain
    • Four inversions of a single slider crank chain are possible.
    • These inversions are found in the following mechanisms.
    1. Pendulum pump or Bull engine.
    2. Oscillating cylinder engine
    3. Rotary internal combustion engine
    4. Crank and slotted lever quick return motion mechanism.
    5. Whitworth quick return motion mechanism.

    (b) connecting rod fixed

    (a) crank fixed (c) slider fixed 3


    • First inversion: This inversion is obtained when link 1 (ground
    body) is fixed. Application- Reciprocating engine, Reciprocating
    compressor etc...
    • Second inversion: This inversion is obtained when link 2 (crank) is
    fixed. Application- Whitworth quick return mechanism, Rotary
    engine, etc...
    • Third inversion: This inversion is obtained when link 3 (connecting
    rod) is fixed. Application- Slotted crank mechanism, Oscillatory
    engine etc..,
    • Fourth inversion: This inversion is obtained when link 4 (slider) is
    fixed. Application- Hand pump, pendulum pump or Bull engine,
    etc...

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    Pendulum pump or Bull engine.
    • In this mechanism, the inversion is obtained by fixing the cylinder or link 4 (i.e.
    sliding pair), as shown in Fig.
    • In this case, when the crank (link 2) rotates, the connecting rod (link 3) oscillates
    about a pin pivoted to the fixed link 4 at A and the piston attached to the piston
    rod (link 1) reciprocates.
    • The duplex pump which is used to supply feed water to boilers have two pistons
    attached to link 1, as shown in Fig.

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    Oscillating cylinder engine
    • The arrangement of oscillating cylinder engine mechanism, as
    shown in Fig., is used to convert reciprocating motion into rotary
    motion.
    • In this mechanism, the link 3 forming the turning pair is fixed. The
    link 3 corresponds to the connecting rod of a reciprocating steam
    engine mechanism.
    • When the crank (link 2) rotates, the piston attached to piston rod
    (link 1) reciprocates and the cylinder (link 4) oscillates about a pin
    pivoted to the fixed link at A.

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    Rotary internal combustion engine
    • Sometimes back, rotary internal combustion engines were used in
    aviation. But now-a-days gas turbines are used in its place.
    • It consists of seven cylinders in one plane and all revolves about
    fixed centre D, as shown in Fig., while the crank (link 2) is fixed.
    • In this mechanism, when the connecting rod (link 4) rotates, the
    piston (link 3) reciprocates inside the cylinders forming link 1.

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