Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook

The third edition of Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook brings together the latest cam design technology, proper cam design methods and manufacturing procedures, and cam research results in one volume that is indispensable to the design, analysis, and manufacturing of camfollower systems. Much of the material is original and based on 30 years of cam research involving many of the authors graduate students whose theses were advised by the author and on papers published in professional journals. It covers treatments of shapepreserving and Bsplines for cams, calculations of 3D globoidal cams, modeling of multiDOF cam systems, calculation of torquecompensation cams that can zero the net inertial torque on a cam systems camshaft, and equations to model the deliberate impact of a follower against a valve seat or hardstop. This edition adds a new chapter on servodriven mechanisms. The mathematics to program servo drives is the same as that for cam motions, though there are other pitfalls, which are discussed in this chapter. Covering both introductory and advanced topics in depth, this comprehensive handbook provides all the information you need to properly design, model, analyze, specify, and manufacture camfollower systems including: Proper Cam Design Techniques Roller and Flat Followers Polydyne and Splinedyne Cams Translating and Oscillating Followers Single and MultiDwell Cams Measuring CamFollower Dynamics Classical Cam Functions Residual Vibrations Polynomial and Spline Cams Forward and Inverse Dynamic Analysis Conjugate Cams Lubrication of the CamFollower Joint Pressure Angle and Radius of Curvature Case Studies of Cam Designs Radial, Barrel, and Linear Cams An Extensive Bibliography on CamsThis book provides all the information a cam designer needs to create lowvibration, highspeed camfollower systems for both machine and automotive applications.