Creative Thinking Stimulates Innovation Design of CAM Mechanism

• Published in: 2023 16th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design (ISCID) pp. 51 - 53
• Main Authors: Song, Wenge, Zhang, Ganquan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 16.12.2023
• Subjects: CAM design; Computational intelligence; Design methodology; Employee welfare; inverse thinking; motion curve; Technological innovation
• DOI: 10.1109/ISCID59865.2023.00020

CAM mechanism is widely used in engineering, it can realize the arbitrary and complex motion curve of the follower [1]. The typical design method of CAM pitch curve is based on the principle of inversion [2], [3]. In the process of designing CAM, the author uses creative thinking [4] to raise the question whether the design steps based on the inversion principle can be applied "in reverse". Based on this problem, the author takes the plate CAM mechanism with translating knife-edge follower as an example and verifies the design results of CAM pitch curve through two different motion curves. The results show that the inverse application on the principle of the inversion method does not change the CAM pitch curve.