CAM ANALYSIS MACHINE

DESCRIPTION -:
The machine is a motorized unit consisting of a cam shaftdriven by a D.C. Motor.
The shaft runs in a double ball bearing. At thefree end of the cam shaft a cam can
be easily mounted. As the followeris properly guided in gun metal blushes and the
type of the
followerc a n b e c h a n g e d t o s u i t t h e c a m u n d e r t e s t . A g r a d u a t e d c i r c
u l a r protractor is fitted coaxial with the shaft and a dial gauge can be fittedt o not e t he
f ol l ower di spl acement f or t he angl e of cam rot at i on.
Aspr i ng i s used t o pr ovi de cont r ol l i ng f or ce t o t he f ol l ower syst em. Weights
on the follower rod can be adusted as per the re!uirements. The arrangements of
speed regulation are provided.
USE:
The machine is particularly very useful for testing
the camper f or mance f or ump phenomenon dur i ng operat i on. Thi s machi necl
early shows the effect of change of inertia forces on ump action
of c a m f o l l o we r d u r i n g o p e r a t i o n . " t i s u s e d f o r t e s t i n g v a r i o u s c a m
followers #aris i.e.$%Circular are cam with mushroom foll ower.&%Tangent
cam with roller follower.'%An eccentric cam with (nife edge followers.
ASSEMBLY -:
The unit is provided with the push rod in the two bushb e a r i n g s t h e s a me p u s h
i s t o b e u s e d f o r t h e f l a t f a c e a n d
r o l l e r ) f o l l o w e r ) s h o u l d t h e u n i t b e d i s s e m b l e d ) f o r a n y r e
a s o n w h i l e assembling following precautions should be ta(en.
$%The horizontality of the upper and lower glands should be chec(edby a spirit level.
&%The suppor t i ng pi l l ar s shoul d be pr oper l y t i ght ened wi t h t he l oc(nuts
provided.
SPECIFICATIONS -:
A % T h e f o l l o wi n g t y p e s o f c a ms a r e s u p p l i e d a l o n g wi t h t h e u n i t
$ . C" *C +, A* A*C CAM.
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0 % T h r e e t y p e s o f f o l l o w e r s a r e p r o v i d e d .
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C % C 3 M # * - 1 1 " 3 . 1 # * " . / 1 6 7
Two springs are provided. The 8approx.% stiffness is 9.:(g;cm and:.: (g;cm for the bigger
and the smaller spring respectively.
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3ne set of three weights is provided. All the weightshave a centralhole so that they can be
accommodated in the push rod Total weightprovided is $<== gms.
WORKING INSTRUCTIONS -:
4 o r g o o d p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e c a m t e s t i n g m a c h i n e ) t h
e "nstructions given below should be followed. "t is re!uired to observestrict
adherence to these instructions to obtain good wor(ing of themachine.
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" t i s i mperat i ve) t hat t o mi ni mi ze t he sl i di ng f or ces at t he t wo bearing
1 u r f a c e s ) l u b r i c a t i o n a r e a mu s t . T h e c a m t o b e l u b r i c a t e d b y o i l bef
ore starting.
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i%1ee that instructions given i n $% above are observed.
A. 1el ect a sui t abl e cam and f ol l ower combi nat i on. 4i x t he camon the driving
shaft. 4ix the follower on push rod and properlytighten the chec( nut) such that (nife edgy of
follower 8or axisof r ol l er i ncase of r ol l er f ol l ower % i s paral l el t o axi s of cam6
shaft.
0. /i ve r e!ui r ed i ni t i al compr essi on t o t he spr i ng. " n order
t hat initialCompression is not lost during operation> the chec( nut is tobe tightened
against spring seat.
C.Choose suitable amount of weight to be added to the follower. Weights with central
hole can be inserted from the top end
of p u s h r o d . A r e s t p l a t e f o r t h e w e i g h t s s h o u l d b e f i r s t l y
screwed to the lowest position) tightened against it) so that
t h e r e wi l l b e n o l o o s e n i n g o f t h e r e s t p l a t e a f t e r a d d i n g
r e ! u i r e d we i g h t s . T i g h t e n t h e s e c o n d n u t f r o m t h e t o p t o secure the
weights tightly to the push rod.
ii% 1ee that the (nob of dimmerstat is at zero position.
iii% .ow switch on the supply and increase the speed of the motorgradually with the help of
dimmerstat. Do not operate the controlvigorously.
OBSERVATIONS : -
Cam 666666666 4ollower6666666666
1r. .o. Cam Angle 4ollower displacement mm
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?ump 1peed @ rpm.
Dead weight @ .
1pring stiffness @ 9== .; m
EXPERIMENTS -:
4ollowing experiments can be conducted using this machine7
$.To plot nAB 8follower displacement Cs. Angle of cam rotation%. Curvefor different
cam follower pairs. The nAB plot can be used to find outthe velocity and acceleration of the
follower system.4 o r t h i s e x p e r i me n t ) a r r a n g e t h e s e t u p a s s h o wn i n
4 i g . $ . T h e exact profile of the cam can be obtained by ta(ing observation nAB.Where n
@ displacement the follower from rotation initial positionand B @ angle of
cam rotation with reference from axis of
symmetryc h o s e n . 0y d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g t h e n A B c u r v e o n c e a n d t wi c e )
t h e velocity and acceleration curve can be plotted for the follower andcam under
study
&.To study the effect of follower assembly weight on the ump speedwhen the spring
force is (ept constant. To study this effect (eep theinitial spring compression at a certain level
and observe ump speedfor different follower weights by adding them successively and
plotthe graph of follower weights Cs ump speed."t is observed that as the follower weights
increases the ump speedgoes on decreasing.