Closing Flank

Some articles on closing flanks, flanks:

Helical Camshaft - The Mechanism
... basically by rotating the opening and closing flanks away from each other starting at a split line on the nose of the lobe ... As the flanks move apart the nose region is “filled-in” with an area of constant radius about the centre of rotation of the camshaft ... axially, about 45 millimetres (1.8 in), and its profile consists of conventional opening and closing flanks separated by about 170° of constant radius over the nose of the lobe ...

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