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Wedge cam
Plate cam (radial) ME 358: Machine Dynamics and Mechanisms 13
Type of Motion Constraints
• Critical Extreme Position (CEP)
• Only endpoints (extremes) of motion are critical
• Path between endpoints is not critical
• The cam-follower is the design type for choice when dwell is required.
• If no dwell is present (RF case) and path is not critical, consider the use of a
linkage instead of a cam.
• Double-dwell motion is easier to design. Since there is no motion at
beginning or end, rise and fall can treated separately.
• On single-dwell cams, rise and fall must be considered as part of the
same motion.