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This design arrangement is very common : there is one Driving-Pulley.
The Driving-Pulley drives the Belt and all other Pulleys along the Belt. The other Pulleys are termed Driven-Pulleys.
STEP 1: Add a sketch-loop to represent the path of the belt.
STEP 2: Add a Motion-Path FB
The Motion-Point |
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STEP 3: Add the Parts for the Pulley's
In this case, the Driving-Pulley is a Rocker. A Driving-Pulley can be any kinematically-defined Part |
STEP 1: Add the Pulleys a)Mechanism-Editor: Machine elements toolbar > Add Pulley |
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Add Pulley opens in the Command-Manager. Click, in the graphic-area, the four(4) elements from top to bottom - see images
The Part-Editor opens to show the sketch-loop to which you added the Motion-Path FB.
The Part-Editor closes.
b)Click |
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Notes: This is called a Driving-Pulley. A Driving-Pulley Belt Speed = Radius of Driving-Pulley * Angular-Velocity of the Driving-Pulley
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Do a) and b) again to add a Driven-Pulley. A Driven-Pulley Its default color is different to that of a Driven-Pulley. STEP 1: Add the Pulleys •Edit each Pulley : Number-of-Teeth in the Pulley dialog. |
![]() Kinematics-Tree - Pulley |
The Driven-Pulley |
The Driving-Pulley |