A pure-inertia method for dynamic balancing of symmetric planar mechanisms

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

Jan J. de Jong University of Twente
Yuanqing Wu University of Bologna
Marco Carricato University of Bologna
J.L. Herder University of Twente, Mechatronic Systems Design - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Department
Precision and Microsystems Engineering
Dynamic balance Dynamic equivalence Equimomental systems Pure-inertia method Symmetric space
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Department

Precision and Microsystems Engineering

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel method for the dynamic balance of planar mechanisms, by transforming a mechanism into a dynamically equivalent form where all links have zero mass but non-zero moment of inertia. The dynamic balance of such pure-inertia systems is shown to be governed by mirror symmetry that cancels out the system’s total angular momentum. Our method not only covers well-known dynamically balanced 1-DOF mechanisms, such as the slider-crank and four-bar linkages, but also leads to the discovery of a novel dynamically balanced 2-DOF planar mechanism.