Self-Balanced Conco-Balancer Manipulator with Band Mechanism

Abstract:

The manipulators, used to handling products or devices in industrial departments, needs to be self-balanced in order to compensate the different weight of the load in its position in the workspace. The known technical solution for self-balancing with counterweight, springs and actuators can be substituted through a band mechanism. The paper proposed a new self-balancing solution for the conco-balancer manipulator with band mechanism and presents its synthesis approach. The non-circular profile of the band mechanism permits the variation of the compensated moment in order to be easy manipulated the load by the operator.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volumes 166-167)
• Pages: 259-264
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.166-167.259
• Online since: September 2010
• Authors: Erwin Christian Lovasz, Dan Perju, Nicolae Mircea Dehelean, Liana Maria Dehelean, Inocentiu Maniu, Cristian Moldovan
• Keywords: Band Mechanism, Manipulator, Self-Balancing, Synthesis

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