Development of Parametric Design System for Disc Cams with Translating Roller Followers

Abstract:

The parameterized design system of disc cams with translating roller followers was studied. The secondary development of AutoCAD was chosen as the developing tool. According to the design theories of the disc cam, the solution steps of the best offset and base circle radius were proposed in this work. All the solution steps meet the requirements of the motion parameters of the push bar. The method of identifying the reasonable step angle for the given fitting precision was developed. The profile curve of the disc cam can be drawn automatically and saved as the ‘dwg’ format file. Finally, an example was used to verify the feasibility of the system.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 411)
• Pages: 83-87
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.411.83
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Lin Yan Wang, Tao Shen, Yun Bo Shen, Shao Kang Li
• Keywords: Autolisp, Curve Fitting, Disc Cams with Translating Roller Followers, Offset Distance, Parametric Design

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