Feasibility of contact and noncontact material handling using traveling waves and transition characteristics

Author

Ro, P.I. ; Byoung-Gook Loh ; Santiago, Juanito

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

Volume

47

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1344

Lastpage

1345

Abstract

The feasibility of using traveling waves as a mechanism for industrial material handling is examined. A prototype was constructed to experimentally investigate the feasibility of the proposed method. Two kinds of transport methods are investigated: frictional drive and acoustic levitation. Experimental transport speed characteristics are presented. The transition characteristics from acoustic levitation to frictional drive are also experimentally examined.

Keywords

acoustic applications; friction; materials handling; nonlinear acoustics; piezoelectric actuators; acoustic levitation; contact material handling; flexural vibrations; frictional drive; horns; noncontact material handling; piezoelectric actuators; transition characteristics; transport speed characteristics; traveling waves; Acoustic beams; Electromagnetic fields; Levitation; Magnetic fields; Magnetic noise; Materials handling; Piezoelectric actuators; Prototypes; Vibrations; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.887963

Filename

887963