Abstract: A formal relationship between factor of safety and reliability is presented. Inasmuch as most engineering application will not economically justify the necessary experimental work to successfully ...

Abstract: The size of a plate cam moving a translating, offset roller or knife-edged follower is sensitive to the magnitude of the offset. The designer should not omit the opportunity to reduce size ...

Abstract: It is generally known that an eccentric circular disk cam actuating a flatfaced translating follower is an economical approximate function generator. The designer’s question is “Just how well ...