If the teeth were not as tall it would work better , but if the spring is weak enough I think it would be enough. I was surprised how steep an angle a drive can be at and still make a piston go up and down. It's kinda hard to tell if it would work since it's so small and fast, but I think it would generally work.
Nice video - what worries me the most is friction because friction may alter the performance of the outcome over time - unless we provide some mechanism of removing friction then it is great. I designed a system back in the 2006 and the lifetime of everything in the system was a little longer than that of the CAM, although we used grease but still adding mini rollers will enhance friction.
There are various cam followers that are restricted to move in a vertical direction. But the loads on these followers at some points in the cycle would be small in the direction of motion but huge in a direction direction greater than 70 dregs from the vertical. The follower would bend and the mechanism would fail. You should show a graphic of the vertical and horizontal components of the load on the followers, this data would be crucial to the design of bearings, choice of materials etc....
the only reason to not use a roller type follower is reduced parts count for the radial cam which is comonly used in engines the valve train usally has a lot of friction on it as well as the entire engine. if you use roller rockers or followers if you have pushrods then the ammount of friction within the engine is reduced heck 2 stroke detroit disels have been using roller followers since the late 30's when the 2 stroke detroit was first made!
Hey, Can you tell me how do you make the components appear "polished" right in the viewport, Not taking about the photoview window. Even if in apply "Polished steel" as appearance it doesn't help
in Solidworks motion study when you add a Spring (using given Spring Feature) and calculate the Motion study then Spring will behave as shown above. (Make Sure Motion Symbols are not hidden)
So cool and thanks for the comprehensive animations! Curious, how did you animate the spring moving in all of your cams? I've tried to model a spring by revolving and twisting a circular "wire" cross section, it doesn't deform though.
Thanks a lot. That spring deformation is possible in Solidworks animation. Currently i haven't created any tutorial for that but on RU-vid you can easily find a tutorial.
To Move the Follower accordingly the Shape of CAM. CAM and Followers are extensively used in the Machine design. Example- In IC Engine, Opening & closing of Inlet/outlet Valve are done using a CAM Follower Set-up.
@@SolidworksFunPraveenSingh the angle of the teeth in the animation would snap the follower arm however if you put on a more gentle angle and lots of oil it would work.