Cams and Followers in Mechanical Engineering

Internal combustion engines, automatic lathes, and diesel fuel pumps

Reciprocating or oscillating motion

Based on their shape, position, and type of motion

<p>Pointed edge</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rotating element that gives reciprocating or oscillating motion to the follower</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inline or offset</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Knife edge follower</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To control the motion of the follower</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>reciprocating or oscillating motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>internal combustion engines, automatic lathes, diesel fuel pumps</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>point or line contact</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>spherical cam</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>based on shapes, position, and type of motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>pointed edge</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cam, follower, and frame</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>translating or oscillating</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>radial cams, cylindrical cams, wedge cams, conjugate cams, globoidal cams, and spherical cams</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>knife edge, roller, flat faced, and spherical faced</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>inline or offset</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>to control the motion of the follower</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>essential for engineers and designers to select the appropriate pair for specific applications</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>automotive, manufacturing, and machinery</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>point or line contact</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>spherical cam</p> Signup and view all the answers