6C1: Oscillating-Follower Barrel-Cam , Cylindrical Cam

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6C1: Oscillating-Follower Barrel-Cam , Cylindrical Cam

Barrel-Cam with Oscillating Cam-Follower

Barrel Cams can give Indexing, Oscillating, or Reciprocating motions.

In this tutorials we will design a Barrel-Cam with a Cam-follower that oscillates.

To oscillate is to rotate about a Pin-Joint with a motion that returns the Cam-Follower to its original position after each rotation of the Cam.


GST-Icon-Add3DCam A Barrel Cam

6C.1: Add the kinematic-chains

6C.2 Add the 3D-Cam

6C.3: Edit the 3D-Cam Parameters