The invention relates to a harmonic reducer, in particular to a manufacturing technology for an elliptical cam. The manufacturing technology comprises the following steps of (1) discharging, (2) roughturning, (3) heat treating, (4) fine turning, (5) linear cutting, (6) drilling, (7) ellipse milling, (8) burr removing, (9) finished product inspecting, (10) cleaning and (11) packaging and warehousing. According to the manufacturing technology for the elliptical cam, the clamping frequency can be effectively decreased, the reference positions are always unified, therefore, the product precisionis improved, the design requirements are fully met, the machining technology process is simple and short, and the machining time is shortened.