I've been looking around for a cam design reference. But can't weed out the "CAM" out of the search engines.

I'm looking for some general guidelines as to what different cam shapes do and how to design a cam for a particular need (what ever that might be).

Can some of you machinist/engineer types point me in the right direction?

Nathan

I have a dos program called camz. It is a great program form designing cams.

The Machinery's Handbook has a section on cams and cam development. You can get this book used on Ebay fairly cheap.

I found it! If you are interested in camz. You can find it @ glasshouse software. under products / CAMZ is an opp. with this program it will write a program of points (x,y) you can use as a subprogram. It uses sign curve as an opp. This may or may not help you but here it is.

I USE A PROGRAM CALLED ANALYTIX. IT WILL GIVE YOU ANY TYPE OF CAM YOU COULD IMAGINE. IT OUTPUTS A DXF FILE THAT YOU CAN IMPORT INTO A CAM PACKAGE TO WRITE THE G-CODE. IT MAKES VERY ACCURATE AND VERY SMOOTH CAMS.

Well, the Analytix looks cool but I ain't paying $199 for a special purpose program like that for home use.

I can draw a cam in CAD with no difficulty. What I'm after is information on HOW to design cams for different functionality...

Nathan,
Check your email.

John S.

Hello!
Buy this book, there is an evaluation software included:
Robert L. Norton:
Cam design & manufacturing handbook.

www.industrialpress.com

Regards
John

Thanks Guys. I think that I've got what I need now...