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Cam mechanisms

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I can identify how cams create movement.

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Cams usually convert rotary motion into linear motion. Rotary motion is movement that goes round. Oscillating motion is moving to and fro around a pivot point, as in a lever. Reciprocating motion is a backwards and forwards movement in a straight line, as in a slider.

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