Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 386
ustbe taken into consideration when designing a cam. Plate Cams. Fig. 35 shows a plate cam designed to raiseand lower the follower P with uniform motion. The point of Pis raised from A to e while the cam turns ricrht-handed throuc-htwo-thirds of a revolution, and is lowered again to its original… … To design such a cam, draw a circle with O as a center andpassing through A. Since the raising of P is to take place duringtwo-thirds of a revolution, right-handed, find a point E on the cir-cumference of the circle, such that the arc AHE shall be § of thewhole circumference, thus leaving arc ACE…
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