Researches on forging manipulator have enormous influence on the development of the forging industry and national economy.Clamp device and lifting mechanism are the core parts of forging manipulator,and have been stud...Researches on forging manipulator have enormous influence on the development of the forging industry and national economy.Clamp device and lifting mechanism are the core parts of forging manipulator,and have been studied for longer time.However,the optimization and mechanical accuracy reliability of them are less analyzed.Based on General Function（G_F）set and parallel mechanism theory,proper configuration of 10t forging manipulator is selected firstly.A new type of forging manipulator driven by cylinders is proposed.After solved mechanical analysis of manipulator＇s core mechanisms,expressions of force of cylinders are carried out.In order to achieve smaller force afforded by cylinders and better mechanical characteristics,some particular sizes of core mechanisms are optimized intuitively through the combined use of the genetic algorithms（GA）and GUI interface in MATLAB.Comparing with the original mechanisms,optimized clamp saves at least 8 percent efforts and optimized lifting mechanism 20 percent under maximum working condition.Finally,considering the existed manufacture error of components,mechanical accuracy reliability of optimized clamp,lifting mechanism and whole manipulator are demonstrated respectively based on fuzzy reliability theory.Obtained results show that the accuracy reliability of optimized clamp is bigger than 0.991 and that of optimized lifting mechanism is 0.995.To the whole manipulator under maximum working condition,that value exceeds 0.986 4,which means that optimized manipulator has high motion accuracy and is reliable.A new intuitive method is created to optimize forging manipulator sizes efficiently and more practical theory is utilized to analyze mechanical accuracy reliability of forging manipulator precisely.展开更多
The structural synthesis of mechanisms is a prerequisite of mechanical design,thereby,it is necessary to pay attention to the structural synthesis of mechanisms,especially for the type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms.A...The structural synthesis of mechanisms is a prerequisite of mechanical design,thereby,it is necessary to pay attention to the structural synthesis of mechanisms,especially for the type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms.A very simple yet very effective method was presented for the structural synthesis of hybrid mechanisms based on the set theory.The basic concept and mathematical operation of G_F set were firstly introduced.Based on the G_F set,a type synthesis principle for serial mechanisms,parallel mechanisms and hybrid mechanisms was presented,especially,a detailed algorithm of type synthesis for hybrid mechanisms was proposed as well.It is shown that type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms can be developed by the combination of elements of G_F set and rotation axis transfer theorem.Further investigation shows that structures of 3T2R fivedegree-of-fteedom(DoF) hybrid mechanism only have one category,i.e.,G_F^I.Finally structural synthesis of 3T2R hybrid mechanism for this category is illustrated with example to demonstrate the applicability of the type synthesis principle.展开更多
基金Supported by Special Fund of Jiangsu Province for the Transformation of Scientific & Technological Achievements,China(Grant No.BA2012110)
文摘Researches on forging manipulator have enormous influence on the development of the forging industry and national economy.Clamp device and lifting mechanism are the core parts of forging manipulator,and have been studied for longer time.However,the optimization and mechanical accuracy reliability of them are less analyzed.Based on General Function（G_F）set and parallel mechanism theory,proper configuration of 10t forging manipulator is selected firstly.A new type of forging manipulator driven by cylinders is proposed.After solved mechanical analysis of manipulator＇s core mechanisms,expressions of force of cylinders are carried out.In order to achieve smaller force afforded by cylinders and better mechanical characteristics,some particular sizes of core mechanisms are optimized intuitively through the combined use of the genetic algorithms（GA）and GUI interface in MATLAB.Comparing with the original mechanisms,optimized clamp saves at least 8 percent efforts and optimized lifting mechanism 20 percent under maximum working condition.Finally,considering the existed manufacture error of components,mechanical accuracy reliability of optimized clamp,lifting mechanism and whole manipulator are demonstrated respectively based on fuzzy reliability theory.Obtained results show that the accuracy reliability of optimized clamp is bigger than 0.991 and that of optimized lifting mechanism is 0.995.To the whole manipulator under maximum working condition,that value exceeds 0.986 4,which means that optimized manipulator has high motion accuracy and is reliable.A new intuitive method is created to optimize forging manipulator sizes efficiently and more practical theory is utilized to analyze mechanical accuracy reliability of forging manipulator precisely.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50905075)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.JUSRP51316B)+3 种基金the Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration of China(No.M SV201407)the Open Project of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Food Manufacturing Equipment and Technology,China(No.FM-201402)the Research and the Innovation Project for College Graduates of Jiangsu Province,China(No.KYLX-1115)Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province,China(No.1308085QE78)
文摘The structural synthesis of mechanisms is a prerequisite of mechanical design,thereby,it is necessary to pay attention to the structural synthesis of mechanisms,especially for the type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms.A very simple yet very effective method was presented for the structural synthesis of hybrid mechanisms based on the set theory.The basic concept and mathematical operation of G_F set were firstly introduced.Based on the G_F set,a type synthesis principle for serial mechanisms,parallel mechanisms and hybrid mechanisms was presented,especially,a detailed algorithm of type synthesis for hybrid mechanisms was proposed as well.It is shown that type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms can be developed by the combination of elements of G_F set and rotation axis transfer theorem.Further investigation shows that structures of 3T2R fivedegree-of-fteedom(DoF) hybrid mechanism only have one category,i.e.,G_F^I.Finally structural synthesis of 3T2R hybrid mechanism for this category is illustrated with example to demonstrate the applicability of the type synthesis principle.
