Detection and elimination of mechanism defects in the selective precision synthesis of planar mechanisms

Abstract Possible mechanism defects and errors that may be encountered during the selective precision synthesis of planar mechanisms are discussed in detail and suitable remedial measures recommended. These defects include dyadic assembly error, locking defect, branching defect and the sequential mismatch defect. By solving these problems, the selective precision synthesis method can easily be adapted to solving numerous planar kinematic synthesis problems.