Cylindrical Cam - Educational model

My Educational Mechanical Examples SeriesThis model is one of my educational mechanical mechanism examples on 80mm x 80mm base plates.You can find all models of the series in this collection => [Mechanical Mechanism Examples] The present modelThis is an educational model of cylindrical cam, where the follower makes one back-and-forth stroke at nearly constant speed for every two rotations of the cam. Brief DescriptionA cam changes the position of a follower as it rotates, and by designing the cam profile appropriately, the follower can be made to follow almost any desired motion. In a plate cam mechanism, the follower moves perpendicular to the cam’s rotational axis, whereas in a cylindrical cam mechanism, the follower’s motion is parallel to that axis. In this model, the cylindrical cam is a type of groove cam, where the follower is constrained by a groove-shaped track. As in my educational model of a plate groove cam, the cam profile here consists of a si