An alternative to standard needle rollers is a double row of cylindrical roller elements. The rollers have larger diameters than needle-roller cam followers of the same size. Thus, cylindrical ...

Most cam followers contain needle bearings, Figure 1. These bearings generally handle radial loads only, not thrust or axial loads. Other followers use either cylindrical or tapered roller ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A cam and follower mechanism has two main parts: Cams can be produced in any shape, but the most common shapes are ...