Turning motions are really easy to understand, take this set of scales: The right hand side is turnign clockwise and the left hand side is turning anti clockwise. To balance the scales or bring them into equilibrium the clockwise turning motion has to balance the anticlockwise motion. To work this out you need to use […]

Almost all machines will, somewhere, use at least one lever. A lever is a very simple device it’s basically a rigid bar that pivots on a fixed point. In Archimedes’ book called ‘On the Equilibrium of Planes’ he wrote out the ‘Law of the Lever’. He wrote that a lever is used to convert a small effort […]

After doing a bit of research I’ve found that there are only 5 basic mechanisms! The Inclided Plane The Wedge The Screw The Lever The Wheel On a closer look you can reduce this list to just two basic mechanisms, a wedge is like an inclined plane, or two joined together and a screw is […]

When working with mechanisms there are 6 main types of motion Irregular This is motion with no discernible pattern, you can get this effect using an irregular cam and follower. Intermittent This describes motion that starts and stops regularly, like a Geneva stop mechanism. Linear This is simply motion in a straight line, like a […]

Panic over it’s just BMW’s concept car GINA “Geometry and functions In ‘N’ Adaptations”  (the ‘N’ stands for infinite)