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Working Clock (Animated Beautiful Project)
By: Siyu Chen
Course: IAT 106 Spacial Thinking and Communicating
Project description: Animated Beautiful Machine: a working clock inspired by time and light and powered by the crank.
- The crank rotates the pulley disks, which have different diameters, so the sun disks are rotating at a different speed.
- The force is then inputted to the speed adjusting pulley parts, which all diameters are calculated so the 4-bar linkage spins at the right rpm.
- On the top, it is a planetary gear system that also acts as a clock, and the clock is designed to function at real time if the crank input is 3 rpm.
- The middle gear is the sun gear, and it's connected to the sun disk, so they will spin together, the 3 planetary gears is connected to the carrier, and the carrier is moved by the 4 bar linkage, which one pivot point is on the top rod and the input force is from the bottom.
Demo:
