30.2.10. Lateral Guard

A lateral guard geometry is defined by two box geometric entities. (The width and depth of the lateral guard must be large enough to contact with the chain link pin.)

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Figure 30.72 Lateral guard geometry

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Figure 30.73 Lateral guard dimension information

Table 30.9 Lateral guard dimension information

L

Length

H

Height

W

Inner Width

T

Thickness

30.2.10.1. Modeling Options

The user can create a lateral guard as follows.

  • Point, Point

    • Point: Selects a point to define the one corner of the lateral guard.

    • Point: Selects a point to define the opposite corner of the lateral guard.

30.2.10.2. Properties

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Figure 30.74 Lateral Guard property page [Characteristics page]

The Lateral Guard property page is shown in Figure 30.74. The parameters are explained below. In order to understand the geometry, refer to Dimension Information.

  • Length(L): Enters the length of guard.

  • Height(H): Enters the height of guard.

  • Inner Width(W): Enters the width between guards.

  • Thickness(T): Enters the thickness of guard.

  • Inactive: The checked guard can be inactive.

    • Left Roller Guard: This is a left lateral guard.

    • Right Roller Guard: This is a right lateral guard.

Note

The method for determining the right and left roller guard of lateral guard is that +z direction (0,0,1) is the right and the -z direction (0,0,-1) is the left based on the geometry reference frame.
The geometry reference frame can be viewed by entering the body edit mode and highlight the geometry entity.
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Figure 30.75 Direction of right and left roller guard

  • Full Search: All links are searched for contact.

  • Partial Search: Some links are searched for contact in some boundary. It is used to reduce total solving time.