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Watt linkage coupler, 30 mm, centre tracer hole

What is the coupler in Watt's linkage? · Modern device · basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance

Also called: watt coupler, watts linkage link, acoplador de Watt, Koppel des Wattschen Gestänges

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

length
40.0 mm
width
10.0 mm
height
5.0 mm

Notes

  • 10 × 5 mm link with Ø3 holes at −15, 0 and +15 mm: its ends pin to the two radius arms and its middle hole is the point that moves on a near-straight line.
  • Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Watt linkage coupler, 30 mm, centre tracer hole size chart

dimensionvalue
end centres30 mm
holes3 × Ø3

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. 337: figure, his text and an animationwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts
Xem StudiodrawingwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=watt-linkage-coupler-30

Watt linkage coupler, 30 mm, centre tracer hole, isometric render of a generated part
Render of watt-linkage-coupler-30 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

What is the coupler in Watt's linkage?

10 × 5 mm link with Ø3 holes at −15, 0 and +15 mm: its ends pin to the two radius arms and its middle hole is the point that moves on a near-straight line.