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Home » XYZ: Electronic Camming Improves Pick-and-Place
Cam-driven pick-and-place devices have long been a staple of high-speed, multistation automated assembly systems.
A cam is a rotating machine member that imparts a predetermined motion to a second part, called a follower, that rolls along the cam’s surface. The follower can move in a swinging, rotating or translating motion. The follower usually contacts the cam with one or more antifriction bearings.