Efficiency, Cam Gear Efficiency, Dynamics at Cam Shaft, Forces at Cam Shaft, Cams Research, PowerTrain Research.
The paper “The Efficiency of Cam (Gear)” presents an original method which may determine the efficiency of a mechanism with cam and follower. The originality of this method consists of eliminating the friction modulus. In this paper one analyzes four types of cam mechanisms: 1.The mechanism with rotary cam and plate translated follower; 2.The mechanism with rotary cam and translated follower with roll; 3.The mechanism with rotary cam and rocking-follower with roll; 4.The mechanism with rotary cam and plate rocking-follower. The consumed motor force, Fc, perpendicular in A on the vector rA, is divided in two components: a) Fm, which represents the useful force, or the motor force reduced to the follower; b) the sliding force between the two profiles of cam and follower, (see the picture 1). See the written relations (2.1-2.10). See this paper from one of these websites:
