Flexible gripping technology for the automated handling of limp technical textiles in composites industry

G. Reinhart, G. Straßer

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelBegutachtung

31 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

A high level of cost-intensive manual tasks in the manufacturing process of composite parts impedes a further propagation of those innovative structures in important German industrial branches like the automotive sector or aviation. Especially the handling of semi-finished goods in several key process-chains could not be automated efficiently so far due to a great variety of materials and part contours as well as difficult handling properties of the limp, textile parts. Hence within the presented work a highly-flexible gripper system based on low-vacuum-suction is introduced, which is the result of a methodical investigation in the ideal gripping principle. Special actuators and an intelligent control strategy are combined into a selective gripping technology, which allows an automatic adaption of the pressure based holding force to different contours and materials, by closing certain apertures of a perforated plate. The experimental validation of a realized robotic end-effector shows that the challenging requirements of modern composite production could be fulfilled as the structural integrity of the technical textiles is preserved during the handling processes.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)301-306
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftProduction Engineering
Jahrgang5
Ausgabenummer3
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juni 2011
Extern publiziertJa

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