Monday 13 January 2014

Cotter Joint complete Design | Video Tutorial

The video shows the complete design of the cotter joint.

Cotter joint consists of principle parts:
1. Socket
2. Spigot
3. Cotter

Cotter joint is used to join two shafts and basically restricts the relative motion between the shafts.
In the video, all the three parts, the socket, the spigot and the cotter are designed and subsequently their assembly is done to   form the complete joint.

The basic layout according to which the joint has been formed is as shown below :

Video of cotter joint -