ABSTRACT
A disk cam (also called a radial cam, flat-faced cam, or simply cam) is a mechanical component used to convert rotary motion into oscillating rotary or translation motion.* In its most basic form, a cam system includes a rotating disk member (the cam) that compels the motion of an oscillating member called the follower. The names disk cam and flat-faced cam refer to the flat, disk-like shape of the cam geometry. Since the rotating disk cam compels motion by pushing components away from its center of rotation-or in a radial direction-the name radial cam is also used.
