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Roller-follower fork rod, 8 × 6 mm, for a Ø10 roller on a Ø3 pin

What is a roller follower rod? · Modern device · basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance

Also called: roller follower rod, cam follower fork, vástago con rodillo, Rollenstößel

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

length
14.0 mm
width
75.0 mm
height
10.0 mm

Notes

  • 8 × 10 mm rod ending in a clevis: two 2 mm cheeks, 6 mm apart (the cam's thickness), pass above and below the cam and carry a Ø3 pin on which the Ø10 × 4 roller turns in the cam's plane.
  • Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

Roller-follower fork rod, 8 × 6 mm, for a Ø10 roller on a Ø3 pin size chart

dimensionvalue
rod8 × 10 mm, 60 long
cheeks2 mm, 6 mm apart
rollerØ10 × 4 (roller-follower-10)
pinØ3

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain)Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.orgwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts
507movements.comBrown's movement No. 138: figure, his text and an animationwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts
Xem StudiodrawingwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

roller-follower-fork-rod-8fork rod, roller centre at y = 0STEP · STL
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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=roller-follower-fork-rod-8

Roller-follower fork rod, 8 × 6 mm, for a Ø10 roller on a Ø3 pin, isometric render of a generated part
Render of roller-follower-fork-rod-8 from the free STEP; not to scale.

Fits with

Plate cam with roller follower (cycloidal rise), isometric render of a generated part
Plate cam with roller follower (cycloidal rise)5 sizes★ 1 file

Questions

What is a roller follower rod?

8 × 10 mm rod ending in a clevis: two 2 mm cheeks, 6 mm apart (the cam's thickness), pass above and below the cam and carry a Ø3 pin on which the Ø10 × 4 roller turns in the cam's plane.