A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. This configuration, with the engine directly driving a pump, was first used by Thomas Newcomen around 1705 to remove water from mines in Cornwall. The efficiency of the engines was improved by engineers including James Watt who added a separate condenser, Jonathan Hornblower and Arthur Woolf who compounded the cylinders, and William McNaught (Glasgow) who devised a method of compounding an existing engine. Beam engines were first used to pump water out of mines or into canals, but could be used to pump water to supplement the flow for a waterwheel powering a mill.
The rotative beam engine is a later design of beam engine where the connecting rod drives a flywheel, by means of a crank (or, historically, by means of a sun and planet gear). These beam engines could be used to directly power the line-shafting in a mill. They also could be used to power steam ships.
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
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Please watch: "Elliptical Outdoor Bicycle - low Run Effort Bicycle | Mechanical project"
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published: 24 Nov 2016
Beam Engine Mechanism animation | Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain
Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain | Beam Engine Mechanism animation
1. All 14 Inversions of Kinematic Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQA6AyE7A
2. Various Types of CAMs and Followers Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U
3. Various types of Gear Drives and Gear Trains Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOAHJ-V4I
Playlist 1: Solidworks Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71pT33xvHt_WGZ9oLwPk_lp
Playlist 2: Solidworks Motion Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9rgJ9Hinc&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71Gbk4eW14IfKqyM9IQrALV
Playlist 3: Solidworks designing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeAxYE6m-U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70ggc4gmsnisHJawvxZCw_t
Playlist 4: Various types of conveyor designing,Motion Study Tutorials
https://www.youtu...
published: 12 Jan 2020
The Crofton Beam Engines
Virtual open day at Crofton Pumping Station.
published: 14 Mar 2023
The Biggest Operating Rotative Beam Steam Engine At Crossness
Crossness Pumping Station at east London ( http://www.crossness.org.uk/ ) near river Thames contains four big sewage pumping engines, one of them -- Prince Consort -- restored to working condition. Besides their pure size -- length overall approximately 68 ft (20.4 mtrs) and height 72 ft (22 mtrs) they show two features of special interests: grasshopper counter beam and Corliss valve gear.
The engines are three-cylinder triple expansion engines - upgraded from single cylinder Watt engines (1865) in 1899. This means, that the steam is now used three times in the cylinders, always with decreasing steam pressure. Therefore the cylinders have different diameters (the low pressure cylinder is the largest in diameter) to compensate this fact and to develop the same force ( force equals stea...
published: 22 May 2011
The Markfield Beam Engine
In this video, we go over a brief history of the Markfield Beam Engine in South Tottenham. This is one of my shorter history videos but there is plenty more to come. Hope you all enjoy it.
Markfield Beam Engine Website : https://www.mbeam.org/
If you enjoy the channel's content and wish to keep up to date, feel free to like the Facebook page. I post video updates, historical content, projects, and more:
https://www.facebook.com/SamuelBrunelElliott
published: 13 Oct 2021
Make a Steam Driven Beam Engine - No Workshop or Tools Required! #steamengines #enginediyshop
No workshop? No Problem! You can build a Model Steam Beam Engine without an engineering workshop! no tools or skills required.
This Retrol Beam Steam Engine Kit from Enginediyshop.com has everything you need to build your own Steam Plant with a beautiful Beam Engine.
Buy this model - https://www.enginediyshop.com/collections/steam-engines
Use my exclusive code "Ade22" to get a 22% discount at the website (valid only for steam engines and block engines).
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#steamengines #engineeringstudent #livesteam
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published: 27 Oct 2023
BEAM ENGINE Explained || || Animation Video ||
Beam Engines and water bucket pumps were introduced in
Wanlockhead in 1745.
It was used to draw out water from mines, as well as to pump
water into canals.
It is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
It is basically a 6 link mechanism that converts rotary motion of crank into linear straight line motion of vertical sliding link that in practice is used in pumps and other purposes.
WORKING PRINCIPLE OF BEAM ENGINE
When crank rotates about the fixed centre , lever oscillates about a fixed point .The end of the middle link is connected to the piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
The purpose of this mechanism is to convert rotary motion into the linear straight line...
published: 01 Jul 2018
The Big Beam Engine
A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratching as I slowly worked out how to build it. The only bits not made were the cast iron flywheel, and the nuts 'n bolts, the rest is made from raw metal stock. - Enjoy :) #BeamEngine #modelengineering
published: 14 Jul 2018
THE BEAM ENGINE - History & How To Operate - Tees Cottage Pumping Station
www.teescottage.co.uk
The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was installed in 1904 and, as one of the last Beam Engines built, represented the pinnacle of Beam Engine technology. It is a Woolf compound rotative Beam Engine of 140 indicated horsepower (IHP) which can run between 9 and 16 revolutions per minute. During its working life, supplying the town, it will have averaged about 12 rpm giving a total of 140 million revolutions. At that speed it would deliver 1900 gallons (8640 litres) of river water into the filters and 1700 gallons (7730 litres or 21 standard bath tubs) into the town every minute. The cast iron beam is 30 feet 3 inches (9.2 metres) long and weighs 25 tons.
Chapters
0:00-0:0...
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
For More...
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
For More mechanism animation visit www.mechengg.net and Subscribe to our channel.
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Please watch: "Elliptical Outdoor Bicycle - low Run Effort Bicycle | Mechanical project"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRiubsaYk5A
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A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
For More mechanism animation visit www.mechengg.net and Subscribe to our channel.
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Elliptical Outdoor Bicycle - low Run Effort Bicycle | Mechanical project"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRiubsaYk5A
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Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain | Beam Engine Mechanism animation
1. All 14 Inversions of Kinematic Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQA6AyE7A
2. Va...
Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain | Beam Engine Mechanism animation
1. All 14 Inversions of Kinematic Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQA6AyE7A
2. Various Types of CAMs and Followers Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U
3. Various types of Gear Drives and Gear Trains Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOAHJ-V4I
Playlist 1: Solidworks Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71pT33xvHt_WGZ9oLwPk_lp
Playlist 2: Solidworks Motion Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9rgJ9Hinc&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71Gbk4eW14IfKqyM9IQrALV
Playlist 3: Solidworks designing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeAxYE6m-U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70ggc4gmsnisHJawvxZCw_t
Playlist 4: Various types of conveyor designing,Motion Study Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MprmBXmkz3E&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70N6OaVx0FXEH5Q386ilHuP
Playlist 5: Various Robots designing and Motion Study Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcGVHUwgCY&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70-QYsfj-muvtdG5D0_4_QP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007SnaUxi40&list=PL8pFbI7LGu72pN7YgK11-cvUuADQkXg1v
Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain | Beam Engine Mechanism animation
1. All 14 Inversions of Kinematic Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQA6AyE7A
2. Various Types of CAMs and Followers Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U
3. Various types of Gear Drives and Gear Trains Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOAHJ-V4I
Playlist 1: Solidworks Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71pT33xvHt_WGZ9oLwPk_lp
Playlist 2: Solidworks Motion Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9rgJ9Hinc&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71Gbk4eW14IfKqyM9IQrALV
Playlist 3: Solidworks designing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeAxYE6m-U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70ggc4gmsnisHJawvxZCw_t
Playlist 4: Various types of conveyor designing,Motion Study Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MprmBXmkz3E&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70N6OaVx0FXEH5Q386ilHuP
Playlist 5: Various Robots designing and Motion Study Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcGVHUwgCY&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70-QYsfj-muvtdG5D0_4_QP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007SnaUxi40&list=PL8pFbI7LGu72pN7YgK11-cvUuADQkXg1v
Crossness Pumping Station at east London ( http://www.crossness.org.uk/ ) near river Thames contains four big sewage pumping engines, one of them -- Prince Cons...
Crossness Pumping Station at east London ( http://www.crossness.org.uk/ ) near river Thames contains four big sewage pumping engines, one of them -- Prince Consort -- restored to working condition. Besides their pure size -- length overall approximately 68 ft (20.4 mtrs) and height 72 ft (22 mtrs) they show two features of special interests: grasshopper counter beam and Corliss valve gear.
The engines are three-cylinder triple expansion engines - upgraded from single cylinder Watt engines (1865) in 1899. This means, that the steam is now used three times in the cylinders, always with decreasing steam pressure. Therefore the cylinders have different diameters (the low pressure cylinder is the largest in diameter) to compensate this fact and to develop the same force ( force equals steam pressure times piston area).
The Corliss valve gear can be seen in detail in my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QvNTWUOds .
The grasshopper counter beam allows parallel motion for the low pressure cylinder's piston rod. For the other two rods (air- and waterpump) exact parallel motion is not more guaranteed by the grasshopper principle and so these devices are fitted with additional crossheads. I have built an engine model with a Märklin metal set for a better understanding of the grasshopper kinematics. My grasshopper animation was done with the well priced German program Cinderella 2 (Math in Motion). Enjoy the video!
Crossness Pumping Station at east London ( http://www.crossness.org.uk/ ) near river Thames contains four big sewage pumping engines, one of them -- Prince Consort -- restored to working condition. Besides their pure size -- length overall approximately 68 ft (20.4 mtrs) and height 72 ft (22 mtrs) they show two features of special interests: grasshopper counter beam and Corliss valve gear.
The engines are three-cylinder triple expansion engines - upgraded from single cylinder Watt engines (1865) in 1899. This means, that the steam is now used three times in the cylinders, always with decreasing steam pressure. Therefore the cylinders have different diameters (the low pressure cylinder is the largest in diameter) to compensate this fact and to develop the same force ( force equals steam pressure times piston area).
The Corliss valve gear can be seen in detail in my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QvNTWUOds .
The grasshopper counter beam allows parallel motion for the low pressure cylinder's piston rod. For the other two rods (air- and waterpump) exact parallel motion is not more guaranteed by the grasshopper principle and so these devices are fitted with additional crossheads. I have built an engine model with a Märklin metal set for a better understanding of the grasshopper kinematics. My grasshopper animation was done with the well priced German program Cinderella 2 (Math in Motion). Enjoy the video!
In this video, we go over a brief history of the Markfield Beam Engine in South Tottenham. This is one of my shorter history videos but there is plenty more to ...
In this video, we go over a brief history of the Markfield Beam Engine in South Tottenham. This is one of my shorter history videos but there is plenty more to come. Hope you all enjoy it.
Markfield Beam Engine Website : https://www.mbeam.org/
If you enjoy the channel's content and wish to keep up to date, feel free to like the Facebook page. I post video updates, historical content, projects, and more:
https://www.facebook.com/SamuelBrunelElliott
In this video, we go over a brief history of the Markfield Beam Engine in South Tottenham. This is one of my shorter history videos but there is plenty more to come. Hope you all enjoy it.
Markfield Beam Engine Website : https://www.mbeam.org/
If you enjoy the channel's content and wish to keep up to date, feel free to like the Facebook page. I post video updates, historical content, projects, and more:
https://www.facebook.com/SamuelBrunelElliott
No workshop? No Problem! You can build a Model Steam Beam Engine without an engineering workshop! no tools or skills required.
This Retrol Beam Steam Engine Ki...
No workshop? No Problem! You can build a Model Steam Beam Engine without an engineering workshop! no tools or skills required.
This Retrol Beam Steam Engine Kit from Enginediyshop.com has everything you need to build your own Steam Plant with a beautiful Beam Engine.
Buy this model - https://www.enginediyshop.com/collections/steam-engines
Use my exclusive code "Ade22" to get a 22% discount at the website (valid only for steam engines and block engines).
Want to support my channel? You can buy e a coffee at Ko-fi! - https://ko-fi.com/adeswash
Thanks to Enginediyshop.com for their support in this project :) https://www.enginediyshop.com
#steamengines #engineeringstudent #livesteam
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Music :
United States Marine Band
Glass of Wine by Monument Music
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Whilst every effort to actively credit all VFX and AFX used in this video, it will be inevitable that I have missed some attribution from the credit roll at the end of the video, as I am extremely disorganized with my editing. So please, if I missed adding your credit, please let me know and I will rectify this immediately, and give credit above.
Please enjoy the video :)
Kindest Regards. Ade
No workshop? No Problem! You can build a Model Steam Beam Engine without an engineering workshop! no tools or skills required.
This Retrol Beam Steam Engine Kit from Enginediyshop.com has everything you need to build your own Steam Plant with a beautiful Beam Engine.
Buy this model - https://www.enginediyshop.com/collections/steam-engines
Use my exclusive code "Ade22" to get a 22% discount at the website (valid only for steam engines and block engines).
Want to support my channel? You can buy e a coffee at Ko-fi! - https://ko-fi.com/adeswash
Thanks to Enginediyshop.com for their support in this project :) https://www.enginediyshop.com
#steamengines #engineeringstudent #livesteam
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Music :
United States Marine Band
Glass of Wine by Monument Music
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whilst every effort to actively credit all VFX and AFX used in this video, it will be inevitable that I have missed some attribution from the credit roll at the end of the video, as I am extremely disorganized with my editing. So please, if I missed adding your credit, please let me know and I will rectify this immediately, and give credit above.
Please enjoy the video :)
Kindest Regards. Ade
Beam Engines and water bucket pumps were introduced in
Wanlockhead in 1745.
It was used to draw out water from mines, as well as to pump
water into canals.
I...
Beam Engines and water bucket pumps were introduced in
Wanlockhead in 1745.
It was used to draw out water from mines, as well as to pump
water into canals.
It is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
It is basically a 6 link mechanism that converts rotary motion of crank into linear straight line motion of vertical sliding link that in practice is used in pumps and other purposes.
WORKING PRINCIPLE OF BEAM ENGINE
When crank rotates about the fixed centre , lever oscillates about a fixed point .The end of the middle link is connected to the piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
The purpose of this mechanism is to convert rotary motion into the linear straight line motion.
The crank rotates about the fixed center A,the lever oscillates about a fixed Centre D.
The end E of the lever CDE is connected to a piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
Link 1 is fixed Link.
Link 2 is crank which gives input to mechanism.
Link 3 connects from crank to lever.
Link 4 is lever.
Link 5 is piston rod.
Link 6 is piston.
DEGREE OF FREEDOME OF MECHANISM:
Number of links are 6.
Number of joints are 7.
Mobility characteristic is 3*(n-1) - 2j = 3*(6-1) - 2*7 = 15-14=1
Since =1, hence we require only one input that is crank rotation to produce the desired output.
Theory Credit: Slideshare.com
Beam Engines and water bucket pumps were introduced in
Wanlockhead in 1745.
It was used to draw out water from mines, as well as to pump
water into canals.
It is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
It is basically a 6 link mechanism that converts rotary motion of crank into linear straight line motion of vertical sliding link that in practice is used in pumps and other purposes.
WORKING PRINCIPLE OF BEAM ENGINE
When crank rotates about the fixed centre , lever oscillates about a fixed point .The end of the middle link is connected to the piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
The purpose of this mechanism is to convert rotary motion into the linear straight line motion.
The crank rotates about the fixed center A,the lever oscillates about a fixed Centre D.
The end E of the lever CDE is connected to a piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
Link 1 is fixed Link.
Link 2 is crank which gives input to mechanism.
Link 3 connects from crank to lever.
Link 4 is lever.
Link 5 is piston rod.
Link 6 is piston.
DEGREE OF FREEDOME OF MECHANISM:
Number of links are 6.
Number of joints are 7.
Mobility characteristic is 3*(n-1) - 2j = 3*(6-1) - 2*7 = 15-14=1
Since =1, hence we require only one input that is crank rotation to produce the desired output.
Theory Credit: Slideshare.com
A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratchi...
A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratching as I slowly worked out how to build it. The only bits not made were the cast iron flywheel, and the nuts 'n bolts, the rest is made from raw metal stock. - Enjoy :) #BeamEngine #modelengineering
A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratching as I slowly worked out how to build it. The only bits not made were the cast iron flywheel, and the nuts 'n bolts, the rest is made from raw metal stock. - Enjoy :) #BeamEngine #modelengineering
www.teescottage.co.uk
The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was ins...
www.teescottage.co.uk
The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was installed in 1904 and, as one of the last Beam Engines built, represented the pinnacle of Beam Engine technology. It is a Woolf compound rotative Beam Engine of 140 indicated horsepower (IHP) which can run between 9 and 16 revolutions per minute. During its working life, supplying the town, it will have averaged about 12 rpm giving a total of 140 million revolutions. At that speed it would deliver 1900 gallons (8640 litres) of river water into the filters and 1700 gallons (7730 litres or 21 standard bath tubs) into the town every minute. The cast iron beam is 30 feet 3 inches (9.2 metres) long and weighs 25 tons.
Chapters
0:00-0:08 Intro
0:08-0:43 The West Pump House
0:43-2:47 Welcome To The Beam Engine & History
2:47-4:28 Town & River Pumps
4:28-9:49 Driving Platform & Valves
9:49-10:25 Condenser Pumps
10:25-11:15 Porter Governor
11:15-14:39 HP, LP Cylinders & Jackets
14:39-15:10 Nameplates
15:10-15:53 Gauges
15:53-16:04 Heading To The Mezzanine Floor
16:04-17:36 Cylinder Head’s
17:36-18:34 James Watt’s Parallel Motion
18:34-19:07 The 25 Tonne Beam
19:07-19:37 The Pendulum Counter
19:37-19:53 How Was The Beam Installed
19:53-20:01 Conclusion Of Tour & History
20:01-20:04 How Do We Operate The Engine?
20:04-21:13 Oiling All The Moving Parts
21:13-21:38 Warming The Jacket & Cylinders
21:38-22:51 Start Up Procedure
22:51-25:44 Running The Engine
25:44-26:09 Shutdown Procedure
26:09-26:41 Thank You & Address
www.teescottage.co.uk
The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was installed in 1904 and, as one of the last Beam Engines built, represented the pinnacle of Beam Engine technology. It is a Woolf compound rotative Beam Engine of 140 indicated horsepower (IHP) which can run between 9 and 16 revolutions per minute. During its working life, supplying the town, it will have averaged about 12 rpm giving a total of 140 million revolutions. At that speed it would deliver 1900 gallons (8640 litres) of river water into the filters and 1700 gallons (7730 litres or 21 standard bath tubs) into the town every minute. The cast iron beam is 30 feet 3 inches (9.2 metres) long and weighs 25 tons.
Chapters
0:00-0:08 Intro
0:08-0:43 The West Pump House
0:43-2:47 Welcome To The Beam Engine & History
2:47-4:28 Town & River Pumps
4:28-9:49 Driving Platform & Valves
9:49-10:25 Condenser Pumps
10:25-11:15 Porter Governor
11:15-14:39 HP, LP Cylinders & Jackets
14:39-15:10 Nameplates
15:10-15:53 Gauges
15:53-16:04 Heading To The Mezzanine Floor
16:04-17:36 Cylinder Head’s
17:36-18:34 James Watt’s Parallel Motion
18:34-19:07 The 25 Tonne Beam
19:07-19:37 The Pendulum Counter
19:37-19:53 How Was The Beam Installed
19:53-20:01 Conclusion Of Tour & History
20:01-20:04 How Do We Operate The Engine?
20:04-21:13 Oiling All The Moving Parts
21:13-21:38 Warming The Jacket & Cylinders
21:38-22:51 Start Up Procedure
22:51-25:44 Running The Engine
25:44-26:09 Shutdown Procedure
26:09-26:41 Thank You & Address
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
For More mechanism animation visit www.mechengg.net and Subscribe to our channel.
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Please watch: "Elliptical Outdoor Bicycle - low Run Effort Bicycle | Mechanical project"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRiubsaYk5A
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Second Inversion of Four Bar Chain | Beam Engine Mechanism animation
1. All 14 Inversions of Kinematic Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQA6AyE7A
2. Various Types of CAMs and Followers Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U
3. Various types of Gear Drives and Gear Trains Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOAHJ-V4I
Playlist 1: Solidworks Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVgGSQjX2U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71pT33xvHt_WGZ9oLwPk_lp
Playlist 2: Solidworks Motion Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9rgJ9Hinc&list=PL8pFbI7LGu71Gbk4eW14IfKqyM9IQrALV
Playlist 3: Solidworks designing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIeAxYE6m-U&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70ggc4gmsnisHJawvxZCw_t
Playlist 4: Various types of conveyor designing,Motion Study Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MprmBXmkz3E&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70N6OaVx0FXEH5Q386ilHuP
Playlist 5: Various Robots designing and Motion Study Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcGVHUwgCY&list=PL8pFbI7LGu70-QYsfj-muvtdG5D0_4_QP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007SnaUxi40&list=PL8pFbI7LGu72pN7YgK11-cvUuADQkXg1v
Crossness Pumping Station at east London ( http://www.crossness.org.uk/ ) near river Thames contains four big sewage pumping engines, one of them -- Prince Consort -- restored to working condition. Besides their pure size -- length overall approximately 68 ft (20.4 mtrs) and height 72 ft (22 mtrs) they show two features of special interests: grasshopper counter beam and Corliss valve gear.
The engines are three-cylinder triple expansion engines - upgraded from single cylinder Watt engines (1865) in 1899. This means, that the steam is now used three times in the cylinders, always with decreasing steam pressure. Therefore the cylinders have different diameters (the low pressure cylinder is the largest in diameter) to compensate this fact and to develop the same force ( force equals steam pressure times piston area).
The Corliss valve gear can be seen in detail in my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QvNTWUOds .
The grasshopper counter beam allows parallel motion for the low pressure cylinder's piston rod. For the other two rods (air- and waterpump) exact parallel motion is not more guaranteed by the grasshopper principle and so these devices are fitted with additional crossheads. I have built an engine model with a Märklin metal set for a better understanding of the grasshopper kinematics. My grasshopper animation was done with the well priced German program Cinderella 2 (Math in Motion). Enjoy the video!
In this video, we go over a brief history of the Markfield Beam Engine in South Tottenham. This is one of my shorter history videos but there is plenty more to come. Hope you all enjoy it.
Markfield Beam Engine Website : https://www.mbeam.org/
If you enjoy the channel's content and wish to keep up to date, feel free to like the Facebook page. I post video updates, historical content, projects, and more:
https://www.facebook.com/SamuelBrunelElliott
No workshop? No Problem! You can build a Model Steam Beam Engine without an engineering workshop! no tools or skills required.
This Retrol Beam Steam Engine Kit from Enginediyshop.com has everything you need to build your own Steam Plant with a beautiful Beam Engine.
Buy this model - https://www.enginediyshop.com/collections/steam-engines
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Beam Engines and water bucket pumps were introduced in
Wanlockhead in 1745.
It was used to draw out water from mines, as well as to pump
water into canals.
It is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
It is basically a 6 link mechanism that converts rotary motion of crank into linear straight line motion of vertical sliding link that in practice is used in pumps and other purposes.
WORKING PRINCIPLE OF BEAM ENGINE
When crank rotates about the fixed centre , lever oscillates about a fixed point .The end of the middle link is connected to the piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
The purpose of this mechanism is to convert rotary motion into the linear straight line motion.
The crank rotates about the fixed center A,the lever oscillates about a fixed Centre D.
The end E of the lever CDE is connected to a piston rod which reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank.
Link 1 is fixed Link.
Link 2 is crank which gives input to mechanism.
Link 3 connects from crank to lever.
Link 4 is lever.
Link 5 is piston rod.
Link 6 is piston.
DEGREE OF FREEDOME OF MECHANISM:
Number of links are 6.
Number of joints are 7.
Mobility characteristic is 3*(n-1) - 2j = 3*(6-1) - 2*7 = 15-14=1
Since =1, hence we require only one input that is crank rotation to produce the desired output.
Theory Credit: Slideshare.com
A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratching as I slowly worked out how to build it. The only bits not made were the cast iron flywheel, and the nuts 'n bolts, the rest is made from raw metal stock. - Enjoy :) #BeamEngine #modelengineering
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The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was installed in 1904 and, as one of the last Beam Engines built, represented the pinnacle of Beam Engine technology. It is a Woolf compound rotative Beam Engine of 140 indicated horsepower (IHP) which can run between 9 and 16 revolutions per minute. During its working life, supplying the town, it will have averaged about 12 rpm giving a total of 140 million revolutions. At that speed it would deliver 1900 gallons (8640 litres) of river water into the filters and 1700 gallons (7730 litres or 21 standard bath tubs) into the town every minute. The cast iron beam is 30 feet 3 inches (9.2 metres) long and weighs 25 tons.
Chapters
0:00-0:08 Intro
0:08-0:43 The West Pump House
0:43-2:47 Welcome To The Beam Engine & History
2:47-4:28 Town & River Pumps
4:28-9:49 Driving Platform & Valves
9:49-10:25 Condenser Pumps
10:25-11:15 Porter Governor
11:15-14:39 HP, LP Cylinders & Jackets
14:39-15:10 Nameplates
15:10-15:53 Gauges
15:53-16:04 Heading To The Mezzanine Floor
16:04-17:36 Cylinder Head’s
17:36-18:34 James Watt’s Parallel Motion
18:34-19:07 The 25 Tonne Beam
19:07-19:37 The Pendulum Counter
19:37-19:53 How Was The Beam Installed
19:53-20:01 Conclusion Of Tour & History
20:01-20:04 How Do We Operate The Engine?
20:04-21:13 Oiling All The Moving Parts
21:13-21:38 Warming The Jacket & Cylinders
21:38-22:51 Start Up Procedure
22:51-25:44 Running The Engine
25:44-26:09 Shutdown Procedure
26:09-26:41 Thank You & Address
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. This configuration, with the engine directly driving a pump, was first used by Thomas Newcomen around 1705 to remove water from mines in Cornwall. The efficiency of the engines was improved by engineers including James Watt who added a separate condenser, Jonathan Hornblower and Arthur Woolf who compounded the cylinders, and William McNaught (Glasgow) who devised a method of compounding an existing engine. Beam engines were first used to pump water out of mines or into canals, but could be used to pump water to supplement the flow for a waterwheel powering a mill.
The rotative beam engine is a later design of beam engine where the connecting rod drives a flywheel, by means of a crank (or, historically, by means of a sun and planet gear). These beam engines could be used to directly power the line-shafting in a mill. They also could be used to power steam ships.