Valve Cam Mechanism
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ME-430 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Valve Cam Mechanism
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0
Dr. Herli Surjanhata
There are 6 parts that will be used in this mechanism analysis:
• shaft_mount.prt — the ground body.
• camshaft.prt (rotating body)
• rocker.prt (oscillating body)
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• valve_guide.prt (ground body)
• valve.prt (sliding body)
• rocker_shaft.prt (rotating body)
PART: SHAFT_MOUNT.PRT
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PART: CAMSHAFT.PRT
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PART: ROCKER.PRT
PART: ROCKER_SHAFT.PRT
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PART: VALVE.PRT
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PART: VALVE_GUIDE.PRT
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CREATE AN ASSEMBLY – rocker_arm.asm
Create a new assembly called
rocker_arm.
Uncheck Use default
template.
The New File Options dialog
box appears.
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Select System of Units of
mmns_asm_design.
Under Parameters, fill
DESCRIPTION and
MODEL BY with Rocker
Arm Assembly and your
name.
OK.
The assembly should
have default datum
planes – ASM_FRONT,
ASM_RIGHT, and
ASM_TOP.
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Click to open rocker_shaft.prt
Select
to assemble the
rocker_shaft.prt
at default
location.
Click
to finish the assembly operation.
Click
and open rocker.prt,
Keep default setup for
assembly.
Apply the following constraints between rocker_shaft and rocker – see below.
• Align the axis of the rocker.prt with the axis of the of rocker_shaft.prt
Align constraint.
• Align OFFSET the FRONT datum plane of the rocker.prt with the
ASM_FRONT datum plane of the rocker_arm.asm assembly Align
constraint. The offset distance is 25 mm.
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The result of the assembly is shown below.
Save the assembly. The rocker_arm.asm will be sub-assembly for total
valve_cam assembly.
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CREATE AN ASSEMBLY – valve_cam.asm
Create a new assembly called
valve_cam.
Uncheck Use default
template.
The New File Options dialog
box appears.
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Select System of Units of
mmns_asm_design.
Under Parameters, fill
DESCRIPTION and
MODEL BY with Valve
Cam Mechanism and
your name.
OK.
The assembly should
have default datum
planes – ASM_FRONT,
ASM_RIGHT, and
ASM_TOP.
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Bring in the part
shaft_mount.prt
and select
to
assemble the
shaft_mount.prt
at default
location.
Click
to complete the
assembly.
In order to install rocker_arm.asm and valve_guide.prt datum planes will be
created.
First create a datum plane that is 25 mm offset from ASM_FRONT.
Select Datum Plane Tool
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Pick ASM_FRONT datum plane.
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Click OK and ADTM1 is created.
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Create a new datum plane through the axis of top hole of the shaft_mount. This
datum plane should be parallel with ASM_TOP.
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Create a datum plane through the axis of the top hole and make a 20° angle with
ADTM2 – see figure below.
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Create a datum plane through the axis of the top hole and normal with ADTM3 –
see figure below.
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Create a datum plane that is - 52 mm offset with ADTM3 – see figure below.
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Create a datum plane that is - 31 mm offset with ADTM4 – see figure below.
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Click to create an axis through intersection between ADTM6 and ADTM1 –
see figure below.
Create a pin connection between rocker arm and shaft mount.
Click
, and open rocker_arm.asm.
From the list,
select Pin for
creating a pin
connection.
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Apply the following constraints in creating pin connection between rocker arm and
shaft mount– see figure below:
• Align the axis A_2 rocker_shaft of the rocker_arm.asm with the axis A_3
of the top hole of shaft_mount.prt as Axis alignment constraint.
• Align the ASM_FRONT datum plane of the rocker_arm.asm with the
FRONT datum plane of the shaft_mount.prt as Translation constraint.
Pick and pick the rocker_shaft.
Drag-rotate the rocker shaft.
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Create a pin connection for the camshaft and shaft_mount.
Open camshaft.prt in the assembly.
From the list, select Pin for creating a
pin connection.
Apply the following constraints for pin connection between camshaft and
shaft_mount – see below.
• Align the axis A_5 of the camshaft.prt with the axis A_4 of the bottom hole
of shaft_mount.prt as Axis alignment constraint.
• Align the FRONT datum plane of the camshaft.prt with the ADTM1 datum
plane of the valve_cam.asm assembly as Translation constraint.
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Pick and pick the camshaft.
Try to rotate the camshaft about the shaft_mount.
Open valve_guide.prt and assemble the valve_guide to the assembly with the
following constraints:
• Align the TOP datum plane of the valve_guide.prt with the inclined
ADTM5 datum plane of the assembly.
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• Align the axis A_2 of the valve_guide.prt with the axis AA_1 created at
the intersection between ADTM1 and ADTM6.
Create a slider connection for the valve and valve_guide.
Open valve.prt in the assembly.