Cam driven bodymaker

A can bodymaker comprising:

• a mounting assembly including a body with an upper, first surface;
• a ram drive assembly comprising:
• a cam having a body with a number of cooperative cam surfaces, and
• a motor having a rotating output shaft operatively coupled to said cam body and structured to rotate said cam body;
• and
• a forming system including a number of forming assemblies positioned on the mounting assembly, each forming assembly comprising:
• a stationary assembly including:
• a die pack defining an elongated forming passage having a proximal end and a distal end, and
• a domer disposed adjacent the distal end of the forming passage, and
• a moving assembly including:
• a ram assembly including an elongated ram body having a proximal end and a distal end, and
• a cam follower assembly coupled to the proximal end of the ram body,
• wherein each cam follower assembly of each forming assembly cooperatively engages the number of cooperative cam surfaces of the body of the cam, and
• wherein for each forming assembly, the ram body is reciprocated through the forming passage of the die pack by the cam follower assembly between a retracted, first position, wherein the distal end of the ram body is spaced from the die pack, and, an extended, second position wherein the distal end of the ram body is adjacent the domer,
• wherein said cam body is a disk cam.