A new simple machine that converts torque into steady-state pressure in solids

Abstract

The proposed new mechanism, BKS, converts the movement of rotation into linear movement, torque into compression by increasing the density of the mass on which it acts decreasing its original volume under measured conditions. The chosen material for BKS must be more resistant than the material on which it will be applied, making it possible to drill it. To do this, it makes the collected mass smaller than the original by cutting and breaking its original structure, forming granular solids, moving them like fluids into the internal volume of the BKS due to the insertion torque applied, increasing the coefficient of friction between these materials. This is an innovative simple machine that can compact particles within its internal volume, making the material collected denser under mechanical pressure. Previous experimental studies from the authors have shown that the BKS modifies its original surface, incorporating inside its volume the same material on which's applied, standardizing inner volume measurement under given precise conditions. With the introduction of this new simple machine, the possibility to create and develop new mechanical and biomechanical devices is expanded by applying the mechanical advantage determined in this work.