Hybrid struts with smart piezoactuators for high-dynamic parallel kinematics

Reimund Neugebauer; Welf-Guntram Drossel; Hans-Juergen Roscher

doi:10.1117/12.483895

14 August 2003 Hybrid struts with smart piezoactuators for high-dynamic parallel kinematics

Reimund Neugebauer, Welf-Guntram Drossel, Hans-Juergen Roscher

Proceedings Volume 5054, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483895
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The structural advantages of parallel kinematic mechanisms for highly dynamic motions are undisputed. The mass values to be moved are essentially determined by the structure of the end effector platform. The accuracy of machines with parallel kinematic drive concepts is decisively defined by the joint and feed unit assemblies. Statical (except in hexapods) and dynamical bending and torsional loads limit the shape of the strut geometry. As a rule, an increase in volume to enhance stiffness at the same times results in an increase in weight and thus worse dynamic characteristics. Active compensation and damping elements provide an alternative to passively increasing stiffness by geometries fitted to load. An active compensation of torsion is aimed at achieving a high "virtual" torsional stiffness of the whole drive unit by means of a compensation drive which is based on piezoelectric actuators. The compensation drive works autonomously and measures and corrects the appearing torsional deformation in a self-controlled manner, independent of the end effector platform' s position in the working space adjusting feed units.

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Reimund Neugebauer, Welf-Guntram Drossel, and Hans-Juergen Roscher "Hybrid struts with smart piezoactuators for high-dynamic parallel kinematics", Proc. SPIE 5054, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, (14 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483895

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