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Offline VigneshTopic starter

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Suction effect in robots
« on: March 21, 2013, 06:54:24 AM »
Hi
I want to make a robot arm that uses suction effect to pick and place objects.
Please provide some idea how to use suction effect to do this.

Note-
1. Placing suction cups on a panel and then lifting the object is rejected.
2. I can use suction pumps but don't know how to do it.

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Re: Suction effect in robots
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 11:09:53 AM »
You need a thin, flexible plastic hose that extends to the tip of the pick arm. Performance can be improved with some kind of shaped nozzle.
Run the hose to a vacuum pump, with a controlled valve (typically solenoid) in the middle.
When you want to pick something up, move the pick head to the component. Turn on the valve and wait a small amount of time.
When you want to drop something, turn off the valve, and again wait a small amount of time.

 


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