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Manufacturing of a Scara Type Direct-Drive Robot with Graphite Fiber Epoxy Composite Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Dai Gil Lee ,
Ki Soo Kim  and
Yoon Keun Kwak
Dai Gil Lee
Affiliation:
Dept. of Production Engineering, Korea Institute of Technology, Taejon 305-701 (Korea)
Ki Soo Kim
Affiliation:
Dept. of Production Engineering, Korea Institute of Technology, Taejon 305-701 (Korea)
Yoon Keun Kwak
Affiliation:
Dept. of Production Engineering, Korea Institute of Technology, Taejon 305-701 (Korea)
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Summary

A SCARA type direct-drive robot which can be used in the assembly operation of printed circuit boards was designed and manufactured with graphite fiber epoxy composite material. The optimum stacking angle of the graphite fiber which gives the minimum deflection of the composite robot arm was calculated by the energy method and the manufacturing method of the box-type cross section of the robot arm with composite materials was developed.

In order to compare the dynamic characteristics of the composite material robot arm with a conventional material robot arm, an aluminum robot arm which has the same dimensions and thickness of the composite robot arm was manufactured.

The static and dynamic characteristics of the composite material robot arm such as static deflection, natural frequency and damping as well as weight saving were considerably improved compared to those of the aluminum robot arm.

Keywords

SCARA direct-drive robotGraphite-epoxy materialAssembly taskRobot improvement
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Information
Robotica , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 219 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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