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In the design process of this mechanism, it was decided assumed from the requirements that a 100 Newton clamping force on the rope would be enough to fully drive the mechanism to the toggle position. Using this assumption, we could use the mechanical advantage calculation described earlier in theĀ the Design Requirements and Theory section to find required input torque from the servo motor.

Figure 2: Free body diagram of rope force interaction with one half of the cam cleat

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