Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikal - 609 609

Department of Mechanical engineering

ANSWER KEY FOR CYCLE TEST - II
Date: 02.03.2018 Time: 1.30 PM. to 3.30 PM Max.:50Marks
Sub code & Subject : MET 43 Kinematics of Machinery
Year/Sem : II / IV Sec : A Name of the faculty: Mr. M.Thirunavukkarasu

Part A (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

Answer all the questions:

1. What are the different types of cams and followers?

Wedge (or) flat cams, Radial (or) Disc cams, Spiral cams, Cylindrical (or) Barrel (or)
Drum Cams, Conjugate cams, Globoidal cams, Spherical cams
Radial follower. Offset follower.

2. Define (a) cam angle (b) pressure angle.

(a) It is the angle of rotation of the cam for a definite displacement of the follower.
(b) It is the angle between the direction of the follower motion and a normal to the
pitch curve. This is very important in cam design as it represents steepness of the
cam profile. If the pressure angle is too large, a reciprocating follower will jam in
its bearings.

3. List out the various motion of the follower.

(i) Uniform motion,
(ii) Simple harmonic motion,
(iii) Uniform acceleration and retardation, and
(iv) Cycloidal motion.

4. Differentiate between the path of approach and path of recess related to gears.
It is the portion of the path of contact from the beginning of the engagement to the
pitch point is known as approach
It is the portion of the path of contact from the pitch point to the end of the
engagement of a pair of teeth is known as recess.

5. What are the advantages of helical gears?

Normal pitch is the distance between similar face of adjacent teeth, along a helix on
the pitch cylinder normal to the teeth.

Axial pitch is the distance measured parallel to the axis between similar faces of a
adjacent teeth.

6. State the requirements of high – speed cam.

 Circular Arc cam with flat faced follower, Tangent cam with reciprocating roller
follower

7. What is meant by ‘interference’ as applied to gears?

The phenomenon when the tip of tooth undercuts the roots on its mating gear is
known as interference.

8. Distinguish between simple and compound gear train.

When there is only one gear on each shaft is known as simple gear train and when
there are more than one gear on a shaft is known as compound train of gear

9. Define contact ratio.

It is the ratio of the length of arc contact to the circular pitch is known as contact ratio.
The value gives the number of pairs of teeth in contact.

10. What do you know about tumbler gear?

Tumbler gears are those which are used in lathes for reversing the direction of rotation
of driven gears.

Part B (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
Answer any ONE from each question:

11. Use the following data in drawing, the profile of a cam in which flat follower is
raised with uniform acceleration and deceleration and is lowered with SHM.
Least radius of cam is 60 mm, lift of the follower is 45 mm, angle of ascent is 60°,
angle of dwell between ascent and descent 40°, angle of descent is 75°. If the cam
rotates at 180 rpm. Determine the maximum velocity and acceleration during
ascent and descent.

12. Draw the profile of the cam operating a roller follower having a lift of 30 mm.
The cam arises the follower with SHM for 150° of its rotation, followed by a
period of dwell for 60°. The follower descent for the next 100° rotation of the cam
with equal acceleration and retardation, again followed by a dwell period. The
 cam rotate at a uniform speed of 120 rpm and has a least radius of 40 mm, the
roller diameter is 10 mm.

13. A cam with a minimum radius of 25mm is to be designed for a knife edge
follower with the following data: (a) To raise the follower through 35mm during
60˚ rotation of the cam (b) Dwell for next 40˚ of the cam rotation (c) Descending
of the follower during the next 90˚ of the cam rotation (d) Dwell for the rest of
the cam rotation Draw the profile of the cam if the ascending and descending of
 the cam is with simple harmonic motion and the line of stroke of the follower is
offset 10mm from the axis of the shaft.

14. Draw the profile of a cam operating a roller reciprocating follower with following
data: minimum radius of the cam = 25mm, lift= 30mm, roller diameter=16mm.
The cam lifts the follower for 120˚ with SHM followed by a dwell period of 30˚.
Then follower lowers down during 150˚ of the cam rotation with uniform
acceleration and retardation follower by a period of dwell. If the cam rotates at a
 uniform speed of 150rpm, calculate the maximum velocity and acceleration
during ascent.

15. The pressure angle of two gears is 20 and has a module of 10mm. the number of teeth
on pinion is 24 and is on gear 60. The addendum of pinion and gear is same and equal
to one module.
Find (i) the number of pairs of teeth in contact, (ii) the angle turned through by the
pinion and the gear wheel when one pair of teeth is in contact, and (iii) the ratio of
 sliding to rolling motion when the tip of a tooth on the large wheel (a) just making
contact, (b) just leaving contact with its mating tooth and (c) at the pitch point.

16. Two involute gars of 20 pressure angle are in mesh. The number of teeth on pinion is
20 and the gear ratio is 2. If the pitch expressed in module is 5mm and the pitch line
speed is 1.2 m/s, assuming addendum as standard and equal to one module, find (i)
the angle turned through by pinion when one pair of teeth is in mesh and (ii) the
maximum velocity of sliding.