Here is what I look at when designing a cam profile or analyzing another cam profile. There are other things I look at but these would be the most common.
lobe lift duration at 0.006 duration at 0.020 duration at 0.050 duration at 0.100 duration at 0.200 duration at 0.300 duration at 0.400 duration at 0.500 velocity curve acceleration curve jerk curve radius of curvature pressure angle ramp designs valve lash settings / valve contact This data will usually give me an overall idea of the cam profile and a good comparison with other cam profiles in the same category. The lift table data is fine if the graphs are not available. Making graphs from the data is always an option. The radius of curvature and pressure angles will need to be calculated if that data is not available. Both are important so that information is necessary. There is much more to a cam profile than just the lift and the duration at .050. Unfortunately, that is usually all the information available from the camshaft manufacturer. Some sort of computerized measuring device will be necessary to easily obtain the other data.
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