First investigations on force mechanisms in liquid solidification micro-gripping

Author

Lang, Defeng ; Kurniawan, Iwan ; Tichem, Marcel ; Karpuschewski, Bernhard

Author_Institution

Lab. for Precision Manuf. & Assembly, Delft Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2005

fDate

19-21 July 2005

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

97

Abstract

The paper reports on ongoing research on liquid solidification based micro-gripping. First, micro-grip technology and the features of liquid solidification gripping are introduced. Next, the physical mechanisms of adhesion in terms of the role they play in solidification gripping are described. A research prototype design and first experimental results, focused on the grip force that can be generated, are then reported on. It is shown that the main parameters which influence the grip force are the surface roughness of the part, the material combinations and freezing temperature. Forces are measured in the range of 0.6 up to 5.3 N with a contact area of about 1 to 2 mm²

Keywords

adhesion; force measurement; grippers; microassembling; micromanipulators; prototypes; solidification; surface roughness; adhesion; force mechanisms; freezing temperature; liquid solidification; microgripping; prototype design; surface roughness; Adhesives; Assembly; Friction; Grippers; Laboratories; Paper technology; Prototypes; Pulp manufacturing; Rough surfaces; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Assembly and Task Planning: From Nano to Macro Assembly and Manufacturing, 2005. (ISATP 2005). The 6th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9080-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISATP.2005.1511456

Filename

1511456