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A '''Snail Cam''' ''(aka Drop Cam)'', so-called because of the snail-like appearance, has a slow rise and then a sudden drop. This is a one-event-per-turn cam with a slow build-up to the peak and a rapidly decreasing edge. These cams can rotate in one direction only, which in the case of the illustration shown, is counter-clockwise. | A '''Snail Cam''' ''(aka Drop Cam)'', so-called because of the snail-like appearance, has a slow rise and then a sudden drop. This is a one-event-per-turn cam with a slow build-up to the peak and a rapidly decreasing edge. These cams can rotate in one direction only, which in the case of the illustration shown, is counter-clockwise. | ||
Snail Cams can be used to drive punches, hammers, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton automata], or drum sticks in mechanical fairground organs - or any circumstance when a sudden drop is required. | Snail Cams can be used to drive punches, hammers, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton automata], or drum sticks in mechanical fairground organs - or any circumstance when a sudden drop is required. | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 19 April 2016
A Snail Cam (aka Drop Cam), so-called because of the snail-like appearance, has a slow rise and then a sudden drop. This is a one-event-per-turn cam with a slow build-up to the peak and a rapidly decreasing edge. These cams can rotate in one direction only, which in the case of the illustration shown, is counter-clockwise.
Snail Cams can be used to drive punches, hammers, automata, or drum sticks in mechanical fairground organs - or any circumstance when a sudden drop is required.