TY - GEN
T1 - A novel design of parallel compliant micro-motion stages with kinematotropic properties
AU - Zeng, Qiang
AU - Ehmann, Kornel F.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A novel design methodology for parallel compliant micro-motion stages is presented. Conventional parallel motion-stages have permanent/unchangeable output motion states once their topological structure is determined. However, practical output motion requirements can be different for a given mechanism. Thus, a type of novel design of parallel compliant micro-motion stages with variable output motion properties is developed. The newly proposed design process can be subdivided into four steps: (1) determination of multiple output motion states according to different requirements; (2) individual design of the parallel structures corresponding to the different output motion states; (3) combinatorial variable constraint design of sub-chains with determined constraints of the different output motion states; (4) actuation and optimization of the integrated topological parallel structure in accordance with manufacturing limitations of the parallel compliant micro-motion stages. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed design process, three illustrative cases are developed and presented.
AB - A novel design methodology for parallel compliant micro-motion stages is presented. Conventional parallel motion-stages have permanent/unchangeable output motion states once their topological structure is determined. However, practical output motion requirements can be different for a given mechanism. Thus, a type of novel design of parallel compliant micro-motion stages with variable output motion properties is developed. The newly proposed design process can be subdivided into four steps: (1) determination of multiple output motion states according to different requirements; (2) individual design of the parallel structures corresponding to the different output motion states; (3) combinatorial variable constraint design of sub-chains with determined constraints of the different output motion states; (4) actuation and optimization of the integrated topological parallel structure in accordance with manufacturing limitations of the parallel compliant micro-motion stages. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed design process, three illustrative cases are developed and presented.
KW - Kinematotropic properties
KW - Micro-motion stages
KW - Parallel compliant mechanisms
KW - Topological structures
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869783864
SN - 9781622762477
T3 - Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME
SP - 324
EP - 332
BT - 40th North American Manufacturing Research Conference 2012 - Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME
T2 - 40th Annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference, NAMRC40
Y2 - 4 June 2012 through 8 June 2012
ER -