Let’s take a closer look at how a cam mechanism works. A cam mechanism is made up of three main parts: a cam, a follower and a slide. Cams can be different shapes. This one is shaped like a ...

Cam-follower mechanisms are found in almost all mechanical devices and machines (i.e., agriculture, transportation equipment, textiles, packaging, machine tools, printing presses, automobile internal ...

It’s a four-legged walker with a gait dictated by a cam-and-follower mechanism that allows it to perform the full range of leg movement with only one motor. Each cam can control more than one ...

When the cam rotates against the follower, a segment is flipped up from the horizontal rest position to the vertical display position. A carryover mechanism connects two adjacent displays so that ...