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Ofset is provided to a cam follower mechanism to

(a) minimise the side thrust

(b) accelerate

(c) avoid jerk

(d) none of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in exam.

The above asked question is from Cams in portion Cams of Machine Dynamics

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Right option is (a) minimise the side thrust

To explain: When the motion of the follower is along an axis away from the axis of the cam centre, it is called off-set follower.

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