A monolithic compliant large-range gravity balancer

Giuseppe Radaelli; Just Herder

doi:10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS20.018

A monolithic compliant large-range gravity balancer

Mechatronic Systems Design

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Abstract

A new monolithic fully compliant gravity balancer is designed with help of a design approach based on shape optimization. The balancer consists of one single complex-shaped beam on which the weight is attached. The beam is modeled as a planar isogeometric Bernoulli beam. The goal function of the optimization consists of an energy based evaluation of the load path of the beam which is compared with a desired response. The best result of the shape optimization has been constructed out of polycarbonate sheet and has been tested on a compression test bench. The experimental results have good resemblance with the theoretical model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress
Editors	S.H. Chang
Pages	132-140
ISBN (Electronic)	978-986-04-6098-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS20.018
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	14th IFToMM World Congress - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 25 Oct 2015 → 30 Oct 2015

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Conference	14th IFToMM World Congress
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	25/10/15 → 30/10/15

Keywords

compliant mechanisms
static balancing
constant force generator

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