20 TYPES OF MECHANISMS

20 TYPES OF MECHANISMS

1. Differential movements

   • Differential movement occurs when independent structural components are adjoined at different parts of the building.
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     • •  The small pulley at the top will be driven in opposite directions and  impart motion to the pinion.
     • • Different velocity given to two gears, A and C, on the same shaft, by the pinion, B.
     • • Mangle or star-wheel, for producing an alternating rotary motion.
     • • The vertical shaft is made to drive the horizontal one in either direction.
     • • Two kinds of universal joints.

2. Eccentric

   • An eccentric is a circular disk (eccentric sheave) solidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle.
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3. Epicyclic train

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4. Treadles

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