Oil Well

problem:

Design a linkage to operate as an oil well pump.

requirements:

  • Straight line motion required.

solution:

  • Path generation.
  • 4-bar mechanism driven by additional dyad (not shown).
  • Less than 2/3 the height of the API standard pump.
  • Requires 1/3 the area taken by the API pump.
  • US Patent - University of Minnesota.
  • Designed with Lincages 4.

animation:



animation:



kinematic diagram:


This page was originally developed by Nick Gamble.