Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
localization period
English answer:
dwell period
Added to glossary by
cquest
Jan 8, 2006 10:24
18 yrs ago
English term
localization period
English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
I've got an operator's manual of a combined hydraulic machine written in English by a non-native speaker. Could anybody help me understand the following sentence:
"A complete revolution (360°) of input shaft B is broken down into an indexing period (150°) followed by a localization period (210°)."
What do you get out of it?
"A complete revolution (360°) of input shaft B is broken down into an indexing period (150°) followed by a localization period (210°)."
What do you get out of it?
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| 3 +3 | dwell period |
William [Bill] Gray
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| 1 | See comment below... |
Tony M
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William [Bill] Gray
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dwell period
The two supplied web sites offer the two terms "dwell period" and "indexing period" as an element of cam functioning. Search the page on them, and you may get some more technical information.
Hope this helps; I'm not an engineer!!
Hope this helps; I'm not an engineer!!
Peer comment(s):
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David Knowles
: The second ref. is quite helpful: During one rotation of shaft, the output shaft will index through a definite angle, depending on ..., and will stay stationary for a period depending on the dwell period on the Cam.
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thanks, nice description, your music/engineering mix works well!!
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Dave Calderhead
: sounds right
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thanks!
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Comment: "Thank you both (Dusty's comments were useful, too)."
9 mins
See comment below...
With so little to go on, I'm not sure at all, but I would think it possibly means that the first 150° is done in one step, to get the shaft positioned roughly in the right place --- this would be a logical interpretation of 'index', which usually means 'to move in defined steps' (or 'clicks', etc.)
After that, the remainder of the revolution is more fienly-controlled, in order to get the shaft into precisely the right position (or 'location', if written by a non-ENS)
It all depends a bit on whether the shaft is driven or driving, and more or less continuous or momentary, and what the purpose of this 'localisation' would be...
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-01-08 10:35:21 GMT)
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Of course, the 'positioning' phase might not be referring to the SHAFT position, but perhaps to the accurate positioning of what the shaft is driving...
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-01-08 10:37:36 GMT)
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It might help if you told us what this machine is actually FOR?
My understanding would be that the shaft first rotates in one big chunk, and then moves more gently to 'home-in' on the correct position; this would give the effect of intermittent, jerky motion if the shaft was rotating more or less all the time.
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Note added at 1 hr 28 mins (2006-01-08 11:53:33 GMT)
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Ah yes, that would make sense, then: the indexing is moving from one item to the next, whilst the positioning is the accurate location of each item.
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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2006-01-08 11:54:57 GMT)
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Or as Dave says, maybe the 'localisation' period is the time / rotational movement during which the item is not mvoing, but is being ground/bevelled
After that, the remainder of the revolution is more fienly-controlled, in order to get the shaft into precisely the right position (or 'location', if written by a non-ENS)
It all depends a bit on whether the shaft is driven or driving, and more or less continuous or momentary, and what the purpose of this 'localisation' would be...
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-01-08 10:35:21 GMT)
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Of course, the 'positioning' phase might not be referring to the SHAFT position, but perhaps to the accurate positioning of what the shaft is driving...
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-01-08 10:37:36 GMT)
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It might help if you told us what this machine is actually FOR?
My understanding would be that the shaft first rotates in one big chunk, and then moves more gently to 'home-in' on the correct position; this would give the effect of intermittent, jerky motion if the shaft was rotating more or less all the time.
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Note added at 1 hr 28 mins (2006-01-08 11:53:33 GMT)
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Ah yes, that would make sense, then: the indexing is moving from one item to the next, whilst the positioning is the accurate location of each item.
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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2006-01-08 11:54:57 GMT)
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Or as Dave says, maybe the 'localisation' period is the time / rotational movement during which the item is not mvoing, but is being ground/bevelled
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