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A practical application of fluid power systems in manufacturing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Samir B. Billatos
Samir B. Billatos
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut StorrsCT 06269–3139 (USA)
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Summary

Fluid power is one of the vast fields and its applications in manufacturing are not used for many real-time problems though its capabilities are known. One such application is fluid power for robotic systems. More specifically, in this study, a new hydraulic system is developed for use in actuating a robotic gripper. Electric motors were found unsatisfactory due to their poor power to weight ratio. Hydraulics were attempted using a master slave hydraulic system. Powering and positioning was done on the master cylinder, while the remote slave cylinder followed the motion. The control of the master cylinder was done with a ground based stepping motor and lead screw mechanism. Small hoses ran to the gripper based slave cylinder, which copied the motions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 1993 , pp. 475 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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