Mechanisms and Mechanical Vibrations

Lab
 Lab-04

Cam and Follower Mechanism

Cam and Follower Mechanism
 To understand the working of CAM & Follower and draw the its displacement curves.

 What is the concept behind CAM?

o A CAM is a rotating machine element which gives reciprocating, oscillating or linear

motion to another element known as follower.

o They are in contact as a result of applied force.

o Force is applied through some spring or weight

o Line contact of point contact

Applications
 Engine head (to close inlet and exhaust valves)

 Wall clock

 Paper cutting machine

 Textile weaving machineries

 Feed mechanism in automatic lathe machine

Types of CAM & Followers
 Convex cam  Roller

 Tangent cam  Cup or spherical

 Concave cam  Rocker

 Unsymmetrical cam  Knife edge

 Disc cam

 Cylindrical cam

 Linear cam
Cam and Follower Mechanism
Crank Angle Slider Position Slider Displacement Time Velocity Acceleration
(deg) (mm) (mm) (sec) (mm/s) (mm/s2)
0 0 0

30 12.5 0.125

60 8 0.08

90 6 0.06

120 5 0.05

150 337 3.37

180 1067 10.67

210 182 1.82

240 -23 -0.23

270 -22 -0.22

300 -19.5 -0.195

330 -14.5 -0.145

360 -8 -0.08
Cam and Follower Mechanism

Displacement = 𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 × 𝟎. 𝟎𝟏 (mm)

𝒅𝟐−𝒅𝟏
Velocity = (mm/s)
𝒕𝟐−𝒕𝟏

𝑽𝟐−𝑽𝟏
Acceleration = (mm/s2)
𝒕𝟐−𝒕𝟏
Belt Drive Mechanism
Belt Drive Mechanism
 To calculate the actual and ideal mechanical advantage of belt drive mechanism

 To calculate the efficiency of belt drive mechanism

Applications
 Timing belt

 Tread mill

 Sewing machine
Types of Belts
On the basis of configuration On the basis of Cross-section

 Open belt  Flat belt

 Cross belt  V-belt

 Compound belt  Rope

 Idler belt

 Angular drive belt

 Multi-pulley system
Belt Drive Mechanism

Actual
Do Di Effort (Wi) Load (Wo) Ʈo Ʈi Ideal M.A Efficiency
M.A

110 70 2.3 1.5

70 110 4.5 1.5

Belt Drive Mechanism

Ʈo
𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴. 𝑨 = ( )
Ʈi

Do
𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴. 𝑨 = ( )
Di

𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴.𝑨
𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 =
𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑴.𝑨 × 100 %