Profile determination of planar and spatial cams with cylindrical roller-followers

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 565-572

  Tsay, D M ^a,b   Lin, B J ^a  

^a ASME

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cam roller follower mechanisms; Cam surface generation; Offset surfaces

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MECHANISMS; OSCILLATIONS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); ROTATION;

CYLINDRICAL CAM; DISC CAM; GLOBOIDAL CAM; OFFSET SURFACES; ROLLER FOLLOWER MECHANISMS;

CAMS;

EID: 0030399341     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/pime_proc_1996_210_231_02     Document Type: Article

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