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A compliance-based compensation approach for designing high-precision flexure mechanism

  • S. Z. Li
  • , J. J. Yu
  • , G. H. Zong
  • , Hai Jun Su
  • Beihang University
  • Ohio State University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This paper presents an approach of utilizing parasitic motion compensation for designing high-precision flexure mechanism. This approach is expected to improve the accuracy of flexure mechanism without changing its degree of freedom (DOF) characteristic. Different from the method which mainly concentrates on how to compensate the parasitic translation error of a parallelogram-Type flexure mechanism existing in most of the literatures, the proposed approach can compensate the parasitic motion produced by rotation in company with translation. Besides, the parasitic motion of a flexure mechanism is formulated and evaluated by utilizing its compliance. To specify it, the compliance of a general flexure mechanism is calculated firstly. Then the parasitic motions introduced by both rotation and translation are analyzed by utilizing the resultant compliance. Subsequently, a compliance-based compensation approach is addressed as the most important part of this paper. The design principles and procedure are further proposed in detail to help with improving the accuracy of the flexure mechanism. Finally, a case study of a 2R1T flexure mechanism is provided to illustrate this approach, and FEA simulation is implemented to demonstrate its validity. The result shows that it is a robust design method for the design of high-precision flexure mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication36th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages293-301
Number of pages9
EditionPARTS A AND B
ISBN (Print)9780791845035
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 12 Aug 2012 → 12 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
NumberPARTS A AND B
Volume4

Conference

ConferenceASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period12/08/12 → 12/08/12

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