Rack And Pinion Gate Drawing

Rack and pinion gate.

Rack and pinion gate drawing. When activated by your operator this rack and pinion mechanism moves the slide plate open or closed with the help of a hand wheel blushed rollers and plate retainers. The rack is constrained to 2d linear motion by some sort of a track. A bar shaped gear with an infinite flat surface radius of a cylindrical gear is called a rack and a meshed spur gear is called a pinion. To convert this drawing into an illustrator file i began by doing an image trace of the animated image.

The rack and pinion slide gate is a specific type of grain flow slide gate that works on the principle of a rack and pinion gear set. A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. Available with electric gear motor manual hand wheel manual chain wheel and manual ratchet lever. Gear rack and pinion creation of linear motion.

Rotational motion applied to the pinion causes the rack to move relative to the pinion thereby translating the rotational motion of the pinion into linear motion. Therefore when the pinion spins the rack travels linearly and likewise when the rack moves the pinion spins. As with all abel universal frame gates it can easily be converted to any other type of actuator in the future. Toll free 800 325 7175 universal rack pinion slide gates this heavy duty manually controlled gate can easily be operated by a chain cable or hand wheel.