Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Norton, Robert L.Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook / Robert L. Norton; with contributions by Ronald G. Mosier.p.cmIncludes index.
TJ206. N67 2002
621'.8'38-dc21 2001039755
All text, drawings, and equations in this book were prepared and typeset electronically, by the author, on a Macintosh(r) computer using Freehand(r), MathType(r), and Pagemaker(r) desktop publishing software. The body text was set in Times Roman, and headings set in Avant Garde. Printing press plates were made directly from the author's disks.
Cover design by Janet Romano. Cover and title page photos courtesy of The Ferguson Company, St. Louis, MO.
Copyright
2002 by Industrial Press Inc., New York.
Printed in the United States of America.
All rights reserved. This book, or any parts thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without the permission of the publisher.
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This book is dedicated to my former students, and to all the folks at The Gillette Company, from whom I have learned many things.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Robert L Norton, editor and principal author, has over forty years experience in the practice and teaching of mechanical engineering. He has undergraduate...