Computer Aid of Mechanism Behaviour

It is often needed to define the velocity and acceleration of the body or some point of mechanism, if the input parameters of driver are known. As one of the most commonly used mechanisms in manufacturing or real practice can be considered the slotted-link mechanism. This mechanism is the part of the various machines and it has some special configurations created by making link infinite in length. It is often used to transform rotary motion into linear motion. The article deals with the computer aid of mechanism behaviour, specifically there are compared two approaches to the kinematic analysis of mechanism, the possibility to generate curve trajectory of selected point of mechanism or to make its motion envelope. The solution is presented on the mechanism usually used for the sliding feed of the packages in real practice.