{"id":5595,"date":"2025-07-21T10:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:39:18","slug":"linkage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/linkage","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Simple Mechanism<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All the mechanisms having 4-links are simple mechanisms and the mechanisms having more than 4 links are compound mechanism.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/linkage\/#There-are-three-different-simple-mechanisms\" >There are three different simple mechanisms.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/linkage\/#Four-Bar-Mechanism\" >Four-Bar Mechanism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/linkage\/#Inversions-of-Slider-Crank-Mechanism\" >Inversions of Slider-Crank Mechanism<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There-are-three-different-simple-mechanisms\"><\/span><strong>There are three different simple mechanisms.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Four bar mechanism: It consists of four links and four turning pair.<\/li>\n<li>Slider crank mechanism: It consists of four links, three turning pairs and one sliding pair.<\/li>\n<li>Double slider crank mechanism: It consists of four links, two turning pairs and two sliding pairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Four-Bar-Mechanism\"><\/span>Four-Bar Mechanism<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5596 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/four-bar-mechanism.jpg\" alt=\" Four-Bar Mechanism \" width=\"569\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/four-bar-mechanism.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/four-bar-mechanism-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inversions-of-Slider-Crank-Mechanism\"><\/span>Inversions of Slider-Crank Mechanism<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">First Inversion-link 1 is fixed :Reciprocating engine\/compressor.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Second Inversion-link 2 is fixed (Crank): Whitworth quick return mechanism, rotary (radial) engine.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Third Inversion-link 3 is fixed (Connecting rod): Crank and slotted lever mechanism, oscillating cylinder mechanism.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fourth Inversion-link 4 is fixed (Slider): Hand pump, bull engine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Mechanism All the mechanisms having 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