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ANALYTIX CAM

Specifications

Specifications

Cam Types
  • Plate — oscillating roller follower
  • Plate — oscillating flat-face follower
  • Plate — reciprocating roller follower
  • Plate — reciprocating flat-face follower
  • Linear — oscillating roller follower
  • Linear — reciprocating roller follower
  • Barrel — oscillating roller follower
  • Barrel — reciprocating roller follower
Usage
  • Follower-to-cam method? YES
  • Cam-to-follower method? YES
  • Simulate inside larger mechanism (YES, with Analytix)
Motion Synthesis Functions
  • Dwell
  • Constant velocity/acceleration
  • Cycloidal
  • Modified Harmonic
  • Modified Trapezoid
  • Modified Sine
  • 345-Polynomial
  • 4567-Polynomial
Numeric tables and graphs
  • Cam profile (x-y or r-theta)
  • Displacement
  • Velocity
  • Acceleration
  • Jerk
  • S-V-A-J
  • Pressure angle
  • Radius of curvature
Geometry options
  • Clockwise/counter-clockwise
  • Left/Right
  • Base circle radius/angle
  • Initial angle
  • Follower arm length
  • Pivot-Pivot Distance/Coordinates
  • Offset dimension-left/right
  • Follower above/below
  • Barrel radius
  • Follower radius
Data interchange
  • DXF export
  • X-Y or R-Theta coordinates, tab-delimited import/export
  • Windows copy and paste to Excel

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