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Re: necessary torque for an arm
The way I got to the 51 ft-lbs was by figuring out the reaction forces on the two pivot points for the top bar in our four-bar linkage. The reaction force was 76 pounds, multiplied by the length of our driven bar gives us 51 ft-lbs.
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