I'm creating a simple model of a sliding vane supercharger. It has four vanes that slide in slots in a drum. The vanes slide out and mate with the casing walls due to the centrifugal force when the drum is spinning. The drum is mounted off-centre in its casing so that the air is compressed as it is pushed around the supercharger.
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I have used slider connections on the vanes and put a servo motor on the drum.
Is it possible for the vanes to move outwards to meet the casing wall when the drum is rotated. This would normally happen due to the centrifugal force but I cannot find any way of setting this up in Pro/E. I thought a cam connection might be used to make the vanes follow the casing wall but I didn't have any success.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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I have used slider connections on the vanes and put a servo motor on the drum.
Is it possible for the vanes to move outwards to meet the casing wall when the drum is rotated. This would normally happen due to the centrifugal force but I cannot find any way of setting this up in Pro/E. I thought a cam connection might be used to make the vanes follow the casing wall but I didn't have any success.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks