Active Static Balancing of Mechatronic Systems - An Overview

Abstract:

Static balancing of a mechanical system can be regarded as the total or partial cancellation of the mechanical effects (force or moment) of static loads to the actuating system of it, in all configurations, respectively in a finite number of configurations, from functioning domain, under quasi-static conditions. Active balancing is taking into consideration the variation of static loads during the functioning of mechanical systems. As a consequence the active balancing requires an adaptive controlling system and a dynamic model of mechatronic system. In this article, some aspects of the active static balancing problem of mechanical systems are surveyed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 811)
• Pages: 253-259
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.811.253
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Liviu Ciupitu*
• Keywords: Active Balancing, Counterweight, Spring, Static

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