Depending on how the mechanism is arranged, it can perform the following tasks: convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion, as we just discussed above. convert reciprocating motion to ...

As the cam mechanism turns, the linear motion is repeated over and over again, and this is called reciprocating motion. Let’s take a closer look at how a cam mechanism works. A cam mechanism is ...

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In the piston engine the conversion of linear reciprocating motion to rotary motion, by means of the connecting rod–crankshaft arrangement, is inherently wasteful of the energy supplied by the ...