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5 .1 Introduction
5.2 Types of cam and follower
5.3 Follower motion scheme
5.4 Pressure Angle
5.5 Cam Profile Design
Cam is a common
mechanism element
that drives a mating
component known as
a follower
Pivoted
follower
Translating
follower
Pivoted
follower
Translating
follower
Follower shape:
knife-edge follower
roller follower
flat-faced follower
spherical-faced follower
A cam is to be used for a platform that will repeatedly lift boxes from a lower
conveyor to an upper conveyor. Plot a displacement diagram and determine the
required speed of the cam when the follower motion sequence is as follows:
Cycloidal motion
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5.3. Follower motion scheme
Harmonic Motion
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5.3. Follower motion scheme
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5.4. Pressure Angle
The base circle is the smallest circle centered on the cam rotation axis
and tangent to the cam surface.