Design Cookbook: Balancing a Machine with an Arm
Cookbook Index
Tipping of the machine occurs at the maximum load Fs =Fsmax when Frw
= 0:
What can be done to maximize the load at which the machine starts to
tip?
- Increase the weight and hence the gravitational force of
the machine
- Moving the center of gravity away from the front wheels
- shortening the length of the arm