Hi guys, I am trying to design a brake/locking mechanism to hold up a weight, here is some background; I have a weight 18kg, 170mm away from the pivot point on an arm. A brake compresses the arm at the pivot point. This consist of a M10 bolt compressing a surface area of 1500mm^2 on each side of...
Hi everyone, I'm creating a mechanism to lift a weight and I need to make sure I'm calculating correctly in order to design the correct spring. The first image below shows you my current design, but I have realized that there is a lever action here that could drastically increase the force on my...
