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Experiment 3
Statement:
To Draw the Displacement, Velocity and acceleration Diagrams of
Scotch Yoke. (Slotted Link Mechanism).

Apparatus:
Scotch yoke mechanism

Diagram:

Theory:
Scotch yoke mechanism:
The Scotch yoke (also known as slotted
link mechanism) is a reciprocating motion mechanism, converting the linear
motion of a slider into rotational motion, or vice versa.

Working principle:
The piston or other reciprocating part is directly
coupled to a sliding yoke with a slot that engages a pin on the rotating
part. The location of the piston versus time is a sine wave of constant
amplitude, and constant frequency given a constant rotational speed

Construction:
It is constructed with iron bars. Here crank is made in some
length and yoke is made using same material. It should be noted that
minimum length of yoke should be twice of length of crank. The crank and
yoke is connected with pin. Iron bars are welded to both sides of the yoke
to get reciprocating motion. The yoke with iron bars is fixed on display
board with the help of c clamp .

Advantage:
Its advantage over crank shaft mechanism is that
it has lesser moving parts
smoother operation.

Disadvantages:
Its disadvantages are:
Rapid wear of slot in the yolk caused by sliding friction and
high contact pressures.
Increased hest loss during combustion due to extended dwell
at top dead centre offset any constant volume combustion
improvement in real engines.

Applications:

Control valve actuators:

This setup is most commonly used in
control valve actuators in high-pressure oil and gas pipelines.

Crude shapers:
Although not a common metalworking machine
nowadays, crude shapers can use Scotch yokes.

Internal combustion engines:

Under ideal engineering conditions, force is applied directly in the

line of travel of the assembly. The sinusoidal motion, co sinusoidal
velocity, and sinusoidal acceleration (assuming constant angular
velocity) result in smoother operation. The higher percentage of
time spent at top dead center (dwell) improves theoretical engine
efficiency of constant volume combustion cycles. It allows the
elimination of joints typically served by a wrist pin, and near
elimination of piston skirts and cylinder scuffing, as side loading
of piston due to sine of connecting rod angle is mitigated. The
longer the distance between the piston and the yoke, the less
wear that occurs, but greater the inertia, making such increases
in the piston rod length realistically only suitable for lower RPM
(but higher torque) applications

Observations And Calculations:

Degrees

30

60

90

120

150

180

210

240

Displacem
ent

3.2
5

16

33.
2

51

64

69

64.5 53

270

300

330

34.7 17.5 4.5

360
0

Conclusions:
The scotch yoke advantages and disadvantages are
discussed .its motion characteristics are studied.
It is concluded that this mechanism is great choice can
be used in direct injection engines like diesel engine to
convert rotating motion into reciprocating motion
because of fewer moving parts and smooth operation.