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Quick-return Mechanisms

These mechanisms are widely used on machine tools to give a slow cutting stroke followed by a fast return stroke with a constant-angular-velocity drive crank. This mechanism is sensitive to small changes in the lengths of the links and the distance between the two rocker points.

Drag link quick return mechanism.

Whitworth quick-return mechanism.

Crank-shaper quick-return mechanism.

Offset slider quick-return mechanism.

Crossed-link quick-return mechanism.