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• Particular attention should be paid to the machine or toolmakers who make the parts
and assemble the machine. These skilled artisans are talented and may apply innovation
and invention working with all kinds of machinery.
• As soon as feasible, the machine should be forwarded to the customer for installation
and appraisal. The designer should be in direct contact with the customer, to maximize
the flow of ideas.
• The designer should be sensitive to the customer’s suggestions on the performance of
the machine, adaptability, strength, life, wear, corrosion, maintenance, and safety.
• The customer’s machine operators may be strategically helpful in making the machine
perform properly.
• In the end, frequent communication between all involved will produce the best design,
with the customer being the final judge.
• For the designer, a list of computer software is in App. D.
• Additional references include Jensen (1987), and Jones (1978).
• For automotive camshaft design see Hubbard (2000).

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Grodzinski, P., A Practical Theory of Mechanisms, first edition, Emmott and Co., Ltd., Manchester,
England, 1947.
Hubbard, D., Camshaft Reference Handbook, Don Hubbard, Pub., Ft. Myers, Fla., 2000.
Jensen P.W., Cam Design and Manufacture, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1987.
Jones, S.R., Cams and Cam Mechanisms, Institute of Mechanical Engravers, London, 1978.
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