Title :
Electrostatic grippers for fabric handling
Author :
Taylor, P.M. ; Monkman, G.J. ; Taylor, G.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hull Univ., UK
Abstract :
The destacking and assembly of textile fabric garment components is a process found throughout the clothing industry. The paper considers in particular the example of shirt collar assembly, in which three fabric collar panels have to be separated from their respective stacks, inspected for flaws and then placed one on top of the other before being fed into a fusing press which makes the bond between them. There is a split in the ply. It is explained why handling by contact, by air jet separation and by vacuum pick-up are inappropriate. It is then explained how robotic grippers using electrostatic adhesion are used to accomplish the task. Such gripping devices have many potential uses within the textile (and other) industries
Keywords :
assembling; computerised materials handling; electrostatic devices; industrial robots; manufacturing computer control; clothing industry; destacking; electrostatic adhesion; fabric handling; robotic grippers; shirt collar assembly; textile fabric garment components; Cotton; Crystalline materials; Dielectric materials; Electrostatics; Fabrics; Grippers; Polarization; Robotic assembly; Service robots; Textiles;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1988. Proceedings., 1988 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0852-8
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1988.12086
