DHIRAJLAL GANDHI COLLEGE OF

TECHNOLOGY, SALEM
Department of Mechanical Engineering
INTENSIVE TEST-I QUESTION BANK
ME8492 KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY
PART - A
1 What is cam?
2 How can you define the size of cam?
3 What are the different types of follower motions used in cam – follower mechanism?
4 What is dwell period of cam?
5 Why is roller follower preferred to knife edge follower?
6 What are the different types of cam used in the cam mechanism?
7 Define pitch curve of the cam.
8 Define pressure angle of cam mechanism
9 Define tangential cam.
10 State the advantage of a tangent cam.
11 Define undercutting in a cam mechanism.
12 Why is roller follower extensively used?
13 What is a circular arc cam?
14 Construct the displacement diagram for the follower motion to be cycloid.
15 State the basic requirements for high speed cams.
PART-B
1 Sketch the shapes of displacement, velocity and acceleration diagrams for
uniform acceleration and retardation motion of a follower. Give the expression
for Maximum velocity and Maximum acceleration.

2 Sketch the shapes of displacement, velocity and acceleration diagrams for

uniform Velocity motion of a follower. Give the expression for Maximum
velocity and Maximum acceleration.

Draw the cam profile for following conditions: Follower type = Knife edged, in-
3 line; lift = 50mm; base circle radius = 50mm; out stroke with SHM, for 600
cam rotation; dwell for 450 cam rotation; return stroke with SHM, for 900 cam
rotation; dwell for the remaining period. Determine max. Velocity and
acceleration during out stroke and return stroke if the cam rotates at 1000
rpm in clockwise direction.

4 Draw the cam profile for the same operating conditions of (12a) problem, with
the follower offset by 10 mm to the left of cam center.

5 Sketch the shapes of displacement, velocity and acceleration diagrams for

simple harmonic motion of a follower. Give the expression for Maximum
velocity and Maximum acceleration.

6 Sketch the shapes of displacement, velocity and acceleration diagrams for

Cycloid motion of a follower. Give the expression for Maximum velocity and
Maximum acceleration.
7 Draw the cam profile for following conditions: Follower type = roller follower,
in-line; lift = 25mm; base circle radius = 20mm; roller radius = 5mm; out
stroke with UARM, for 1200 cam rotation; dwell for 600 cam rotation; return
stroke with UARM, for 900 cam rotation; dwell for the remaining period.
Determine max. Velocity and acceleration during out stroke and return stroke
if the cam rotates at 1200 rpm in clockwise direction.

8 Draw the cam profile for conditions same as in (14a), with follower offset to
right of cam center by 5mm and cam rotating counter clockwise.

9 Draw the cam profile for following conditions: Follower type = knife edged
follower, in line; lift = 30mm; base circle radius = 20mm; outstroke with
uniform velocity in 1200 of cam rotation; dwell for 600; return stroke with
uniform velocity, during 900 of cam rotation; dwell for the remaining period.

Draw the cam profile for following conditions: Follower type = flat faced
follower, in line; follower rises by 20mm with SHM in 120 0 of cam rotation,
10 dwells for 300 of cam rotation; returns with SHM in 1200 of cam rotation and
dwells during the remaining period. Base circle radius = 25mm.

11 Construct a tangent cam and mention the important terminologies on it. Also
derive the expression for displacement, velocity and acceleration of a
reciprocating roller follower when the roller has contact with the nose.