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DESIGN OF MACHINERY 3rd Ed.

by ROBERT L. NORTON

reed

McGraw-Hill 2004

water-jet orifice

incoming
threads
(warp)

"shot" thread (weave)

cloth

crank
coupler
in

laybar

rocker

4-bar linkage

(a) Warp, weave, laybar, reed, and laybar drive for a water-jet loom

coupler
8.375"

in
crank
2"

beat-up
force

reed
laybar

reed

beat-up force
540 lb

r = 3.75"

inertia
force

ground
9.625"
@ 43

500 rpm

laybar
inertia
force

rocker
7.187"

(b) Linkage, laybar, reed, and dimensions

accelerations
4 169
in/sec2

7 834
in/sec2

(c) Acceleration on laybar and force on reed

FIGURE P11-6
Problem 11-13 - Fourbar linkage for laybar drive, showing forces and accelerations on laybar

11-13

Figure P11-6 shows a water jet loom laybar drive mechanism driven by a pair of Grashof
crank rocker fourbar linkages. The crank rotates at 500 rpm. The laybar is carried
between the coupler-rocker joints of the two linkages at their respective instant centers
I3,4. The combined weight of the reed and laybar is 29 lb. A 540-lb beat-up force from
the cloth is applied to the reed as shown. The steel links have a 2 x 1 in uniform cross
section. Find the forces on the pins for one revolution of the crank. Find the torque-time
function required to drive the system.

These problems are suited


to solution using Mathcad,
Matlab, or TKSolver
equation solver programs.
In most cases, your solution
can be checked with
program FOURBAR.

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