TOP 4 METHODS TO ANALYZE MECHANICAL MOTION CASES

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Motion studies have now become a vast field in studying because mostly Mechanical Engineers found many ways to develop their projects by analyzing these mechanisms and motions. Analysis of the motions used in an industrial process with an aim to improve efficiency and productivity is the main target in these studies. The main parameters are time and motion.

Time and Motion Study purposes

• To eliminate unnecessary motions at work.
• Identify the best sequence of motions for maximum efficiency and productivity.
• standardization of work.

performance evaluations

• predict the level of output that may be achieved.
• used to uncover problems and create solutions.
• used for time cost analysis.

Today with the help of computers we are having the best analyzing methods to solve this problem without wasting time. These are some software which gives us many advantages to solve many kinematic and analytical visualized answers in motion studies.

SOLIDWORKS Motion (paid version / pc / windows)

Motion studies in SolidWorks is an easy-to-use portfolio of structural analysis tools that use Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to predict a product's real-world physical behavior by virtually testing CAD models. The portfolio provides linear, non-linear static, and dynamic analysis capabilities. 100% model base analyzing method system is giving more advantage to handing motions. Also, many mechanical motions can be added to your project very easily by this software. Motors, spring, gravity on assemblies, add paths, collision control, masses, tension, compression, forces, torsions, etc. like many things can be applied to your model using this software.

Motion Analysis is an advanced motion simulation.  The add-in is available with SOLIDWORKS Premium, Simulation Standard, Simulation Professional, or Simulation Premium. Motion Analysis uses computationally strong kinematic solvers and accounts for material properties as well as mass and inertia in the computations. You can also use Motion Analysis to plot simulation results for further analysis.

To have access to Motion Analysis you need to activate the SOLIDWORKS Motion add-in from the Tools > Add-Ins menu.

Linkage 3.0 (free / pc)

Linkage is computer-aided design software used for quick prototyping of linkage mechanisms. This software is free but having some restricting when doing some mechanical analysis. Much basic software because this is having a 2D environment but you can have much better experience in motion studies. The number of operations needed to add a link and get it connected to other links in the mechanism has been minimized to the lowest number possible, making this program ideal for “throwing together” a working machine. Also, you can drive and see many simulations at once in the editing environment.  

MotionGen (free / android) 

This android based analysis method gives you many sampling advantages of the motion what you are going to do. Very simple sketching and you can handle the app for doing large four-bar mechanisms simulations.

MotionGen is an iOS and Android app for synthesizing and simulating planar four-bar linkages.

• It solves the motion generation problem for N-position problems.
• Incorporates fixed- and moving-pivot and line constraints for 3 and 4 position problems.
• Use MotionGen to design and simulate a single degree of freedom linkages for your robot or machine.

MD14 TRL ( paid / pc)

This is the most powerful motion designing software which I was had ever! It solved many problems which are having with linkage software. You can have an amazing experience with this software in motion studying.

Motion Ltd is the developer of the world-leading machine design software - MechDesigner - the best software for cam, mechanism, and motion design of multi-axis machines. You can use MechDesigner to build, with confidence, the best possible packaging, assembly, and textile machines.

You can download a fully-loaded 14-day trial to get started today. In the longer term, you can decide which tools best suit your design requirements, and we can update your installed software copy to suit, hassle-free to you (and us!).

You can also engage us at any stage of your machine design to quickly build your models, and, additionally, use all of our Motion-Design and Cam-Design expertise to give you the best possible machine performance within your design constraints.

As you edit a motion, mechanism, or cam parameter, our software instantly updates all related parameters for real-time analysis. You can continually review all of the important design parameters.

MechDesigner allows you to optimize your machine before manufacture. In addition to making sure parts do not collide[!], you must make sure velocities, accelerations, pressure-angles, cam contact-stresses, bearing loads, motor torques, and all other important design variables and criteria, are reviewed over a complete machine-cycle.

Use any number of graphs to simultaneously analyze all machine design criteria and performance characteristics.