What is the use of drawing cam profiles?

Cam profile dictates how the cam is designed which ultimately dictates movement of the follower, now this cam and follower mechanism use in many places like to operate IC engine's rocker arm to ensure how the engine will breath, when the inlet valve should open and when the outlet valve should. read more

Cam profile dictates how the cam is designed which ultimately dictates movement of the follower, now this cam and follower mechanism use in many places like to operate IC engine's rocker arm to ensure how the engine will breath, when the inlet valve should open and when the outlet valve should. read more

Design and Drawing of CAM profiles 1. 1/27/2014 Hareesha N G, Asst. Prof, DSCE, BLore-78 1 2. Syllabus UNIT 8: • Cams: Types of cams, Types of followers. Displacement, Velocity and, Acceleration time curves for cam profiles. read more

Cam Follower Design Terminologies . Cam: The cam is the driver. It is normally connected with a prime mover, which rotates it. Follower: With the rotation of the cam, the follower (the shaft with the roller at bottom in the above picture) gets oscillated or translated according to the profile of the cam. read more