TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of weight switching mechanical gravity canceller
AU - Yamada, Yasuyuki
AU - Nagasaka, Suguru
AU - Morita, Toshio
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, we propose a passive gravity compensation mechanism for carrying load with two springs and switching mechanism, which named "Weight Switching Mechanical Gravity Canceller (WS-MGC)." The WS-MGC has following advantages with the original MGC in load compensation. The original MGC required to determine the compensation weight from the beginning and to make actuator bear the load when end-effector has new luggage and carries it. In this case, it is effective to switching the compensation weight from the weight of the machine to the total weight of both machine and luggage, without power supply. WS-MGC can switch the compensation weight by the weight of luggage. From development and experiments of a link model equipped with WS-MGC, it is clarified that the versatile device is succeed to step up from weight compensation to load compensation.
AB - In this paper, we propose a passive gravity compensation mechanism for carrying load with two springs and switching mechanism, which named "Weight Switching Mechanical Gravity Canceller (WS-MGC)." The WS-MGC has following advantages with the original MGC in load compensation. The original MGC required to determine the compensation weight from the beginning and to make actuator bear the load when end-effector has new luggage and carries it. In this case, it is effective to switching the compensation weight from the weight of the machine to the total weight of both machine and luggage, without power supply. WS-MGC can switch the compensation weight by the weight of luggage. From development and experiments of a link model equipped with WS-MGC, it is clarified that the versatile device is succeed to step up from weight compensation to load compensation.
KW - Balancing
KW - Gear
KW - Load Compensation
KW - Material Handling Equipment
KW - Switching Mechanism
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaic.77.2042
DO - 10.1299/kikaic.77.2042
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856495017
SN - 0387-5024
VL - 77
SP - 2042
EP - 2051
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
IS - 777
ER -