CZH Cam Follower Design Basics

CZH bearing specialize in cam follower, track roller and needle roller bearing for many years. Here it will discuss basic cam follower design terminologies and the cam follower design process for creating a cam profile.

Various types of cam follower are used for different types of applications. And each one has its own characteristic from others. You can see an application of the cam follower in another article here about the internal combustion engine. The basic purpose of using the cam follower for sale is converting the rotary motion of the cam to the translating or oscillatory motion of the follower. Before going to the actual design of cam profile, let’s look at the basic terminologies.

Cam Follower Design Terminologies

• Cam: The cam is the driver. It is normally connected with a prime mover, which rotates it.
• Base Circle: It is a circle with centre as the cam centre and radius equal to the distance between the cam centre and the nearest point of the cam profile. 

But when you want to know more professional knowledge about the cam follower, you must need to select a professional company or some large cam follower suppliers to make your train of thought more clear and systematic. So it is also necessary for you to choose a target company as a reference. Then you can get more answer about these systematic theory.

Changzhou Zhihua Bearings Co., Ltd devoted itself not only into the research and production of the cam follower, but also the track roller, needle roller bearing and needle bearing. Until it now rise up to become a famous cam follower exporter in China. You can also know it from http://www.czhbearing.com.

Company: Changzhou Zhihua Bearings Co., Ltd.Factory

Address: Private Industrial Park, Niutang Town, Changzhou City, 213163, China

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