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Scotch-yoke crosshead 48 × 14 × 8, 3 mm slot, two Ø5 guide bores

What is a Scotch yoke crosshead? · Modern device · basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance

Also called: scotch yoke slider, slotted crosshead, cruceta ranurada, Kulissenstein (Kreuzkopf)

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

length
48.0 mm
width
14.0 mm
height
8.0 mm

Notes

  • 48 × 14 × 8 block with a 30 × 3 mm through slot across it (the crank pin slides in it) and two Ø5 bores 36 mm apart along its length for the pillar guides it runs on.
  • Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Scotch-yoke crosshead 48 × 14 × 8, 3 mm slot, two Ø5 guide bores size chart

dimensionvalue
block48 × 14 × 8 mm
slot30 × 3 mm (Ø3 crank pin)
guide bores2 × Ø5 at x = ±18

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain)Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.orgwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts
507movements.comBrown's movement No. 331: figure, his text and an animationwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts
Xem StudiodrawingwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Xem Studio design: free to use, print and sell things from; not to be republished as files. Xem Studio Design License. index.json

scotch-yoke-crosshead-48x14-b5crosshead, z 0..8, slot along X, bores along YSTEP · STL
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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=scotch-yoke-crosshead-48x14-b5

Scotch-yoke crosshead 48 × 14 × 8, 3 mm slot, two Ø5 guide bores, isometric render of a generated part
Render of scotch-yoke-crosshead-48x14-b5 from the free STEP; not to scale.

Fits with

Scotch yoke: crank pin in a slotted crosshead on pillar guides, isometric render of a generated part
Scotch yoke: crank pin in a slotted crosshead on pillar guides4 sizes★ 1 file

Questions

What is a Scotch yoke crosshead?

48 × 14 × 8 block with a 30 × 3 mm through slot across it (the crank pin slides in it) and two Ø5 bores 36 mm apart along its length for the pillar guides it runs on.