{"id":5707,"date":"2025-07-23T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:38:33","slug":"straight-line-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/straight-line-mechanism","title":{"rendered":"Straight Line Mechanisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Straight Line Mechanisms<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mechanism built in such a manner that a particular point in it is constrained to trace a straight line path within the possible limits of motion is known as a straight-line motion mechanism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Straight-line motion can be generated by either sliding pairs or turning pairs. Sliding pairs are bulky and gets worn out rapidly. Therefore, turning pairs are preferred over sliding pairs for generating straight line motion. Straight-line motion can be generated either accurately or approximately.<\/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 Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul 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\/straight-line-mechanism\/#Exact-Straight-Line-Mechanisms\" >Exact Straight Line Mechanisms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/theory-of-machines\/straight-line-mechanism\/#Approximate-Straight-Line-Mechanisms\" >Approximate Straight Line Mechanisms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exact-Straight-Line-Mechanisms\"><\/span>Exact Straight Line Mechanisms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Peaucellier Mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Hart Mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Scott-Russel Mechanism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Approximate-Straight-Line-Mechanisms\"><\/span>Approximate Straight Line Mechanisms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Grasshopper mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Watt mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Tchebicheff Mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Robert\u2019s Mechanism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight Line Mechanisms A mechanism built in such a manner that a particular point in it is constrained to trace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,10],"tags":[1677,1679,1676,1678],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theory-of-machines","category-me","tag-peaucellier-mechanism","tag-roberts-mechanism","tag-straight-line-mechanisms","tag-watt-mechanism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}