THEORY

Abicamxiisxiimeantbasxaximachinexielementxhavingxaxcurvexshapexorxabcurvexgutter,xwhich
byxirotationxborxoscillationbmotion,xproducexaxipredeterminedbispecifiedximotionxito another element
calledxithexiifollower.biCamsxiplayxaxmajorxirolexiinxcurrentximachineryxiand arebiwidely used in
textileiiindustry,xienginesxiespeciallyiiiinternal-combustion,xitoolsxmandiipackagingxmachines. iThe
systemxiidynamicxiresponsexiiiofxaxiicamxbisxiibasedxiionxthexcontourxofthexicamxbitselfbbwhichbis
determined byxtheicamsbdisplacementidiagram. iTheidesign specificationsidictatexthe displacement
diagram.

Tobstudyxithexcamsbidynamicxresponse,xithebvelocityxandxaccelerationbihavextobibe found
asbthesextwobparametersxcanxbebicomputedbifromxthebicamsxdisplacementbidiagram. iThis proves
thexiipurposexiiofxiicam,xiitoxiconvertbiirotarybiiimotionxiintoxiirockingbiiorxilinearxiimotionxiofxithe
follower. Also,bwithiniidefinitexiboundaries,xanybneededxrockingxorxilinearximotion canxbebachieved
byxan iappropriatexcambprofile.
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EQUIPMENT

1) TangetiiCam
2) CirculariiCam
3) Flatiifollower
4) Domeiifollower

PROCEDURE

1) First,bthexcircularbcamxwasxsecuredbatxthexrotatingbdevice.
2) Thexflatbfollowerxwasxinsertedxinbthextappet.
3) Thexcamxwasbrotatedbinxonexrevolutionbtoxmakexsurexthatxthebcamxisxproperlyxsecured
xonxthexdevice.x
4) Ifxthebcamxisxstuckbalongxthexrevolution,bchangexthexdirectionbofxthebcam.x
5) Oncexiagain,xicheckxiifxthexcamxcanxbexfullyxrotatedxinxionexirevolution.xIfxnot,xrepeat
stepx4.
6) Thexreadingbofxthrowxandbanglexwasbadjustedxtox0.
7) Thexreadingbofxthrowxwasxtakenbatxeveryx30xofbintervalxfromb0xtox360.xThesexread
ingsxwerextakenxsoxthatxwexcanxseexthexprofilexofxthexcamxandxfollower.
8) Then,btepsx2btox7bwasxrepeatedxwithxdombfollower.
9) Lastly,xstepsxi1xtox8xwerexoncexagainxirepeatedbiwithxiconstantxitangentbcam.xTwo
camsbwerebusedxsoxthatxwexcanbcomparexthebthrowxofbthebcams.
CONCLUSION

Inigeneral, ithereiis notimuchidifference thatican beiseeniinithe circularicam. iTheidisplacement

whenitheiflatifolloweriis usediisiveryisimilarito thatiofitheidome follower. iAndisinceitheitheoretical
velocity andiaccelerationiformulas areitheisameifor bothifollowers, theivelocity andiacceleration ofitheiflat
followeriareiexactlyithe same as their counterparts for the dome follower. As such, it can be concluded that
theicircularicam isinotimuchiaffected byithe typeiofifollower.
Initheicaseiof tangenticam, theidisplacement is muchimoreiaffected byithe typeiofifollower. iThe
graphiofitheidomeifollowerihas aithinneribellishapeithanitheiflatifollower. Thatimeans, iaticertainipoints
of theicamiangle, itheidisplacementicausediby theidomeifolloweriisimoreiabrupt. Theivelocityiand
accelerationiof bothifollowersihave subtleidifferences. With theiexception ofisomeianomaliesicaused by
error, ithere is notimuchiofinote.
Thereiisiaibig differenceibetweenitheicircularicamiandithe tangenticam. Theicircular camigivesia
smootheridisplacement, ivelocityiandiaccelerationiwhileithe tangenticamicauses abrupt displacement,
velocityiand acceleration. iBoth haveitheirifunctionsidependingionitheiapplication.