$17.50
Shaped so its rotation drives a follower through a set path, this cam converts turning motion into a precise, timed push, lift, or release wherever a lift truck mechanism needs one action to trigger another. The rising and falling contour its follower rides is the functional heart of the part, operating a linkage, switch, or valve in step with the motion it is geared to.
Shaped so that its rotation drives a follower through a set path, a cam converts turning motion into a precise, timed push, lift, or release wherever a mechanism needs one action to trigger another. The working profile of the cam, the rising and falling contour its follower rides, is what times and controls that motion, so the shape is the functional heart of the part.
As a hardware component in a lift truck mechanism, a cam operates a linkage, switch, or valve in step with the motion it is geared to, translating rotation into the exact travel the design calls for. Its precision comes entirely from that machined contour.
A cam wears on its contact face over many cycles, and once the profile flattens or grooves, the timing and travel it produces drift out of spec. Confirm the cam profile, bore, and mounting against the original, since a cam is cut to one specific motion and is not interchangeable across mechanisms.
