A ray tracing model for electron optical imaging in electron beam powder bed fusion

J Renner, J Grund, M Markl, C Körner - Journal of Manufacturing and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent success of the process monitoring method Electron Optical Imaging, applied in
the additive manufacturing process Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion, necessitates a clear …

Design and validation of a push-latch gripper made in additive manufacturing

E Ottonello, M Baggetta, G Berselli… - IEEE/ASME …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we describe the design, fabrication, and validation of a push-latch gripper
produced via additive manufacturing, which is capable of performing planar grasps of …

Triple crossed flexure pivot based on a zero parasitic center shift kinematic design

E Thalmann, S Henein - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thanks to their absence of play, absence of contact friction and possible monolithic
fabrication, flexure pivots offer advantages over traditional bearings in small-scale, high …

Deltaflex—an additively manufactured delta robot with compliant joints: Virtual prototyping and experimental evaluation

SM Kargar, M Baggetta - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The Delta robot, introduced by Clavel in the 1980s [1], is one of the most widely studied and
utilized parallel manipulators. The robot comprises three actuators on its base, which drive …

Deltaflex: An additively manufactured monolithic delta robot with compliant joints

A Parmiggiani, E Ottonello… - International …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study presents the design and validation of a compliant Delta robot created through
additive manufacturing (AM) with a monolithic structure. The use of AM expedites the …

Design of a Triple Crossed Flexure Pivot With Minimized Parasitic Shift

E Thalmann, S Henein - … and Information in …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thanks to their absence of play, absence of contact friction and possible monolithic
fabrication, flexure pivots offer advantages over traditional bearings in small-scale, high …

Fabrication of Parallel Compliant Mechanisms via Additive Manufacturing

D Shah, G Berselli… - Smart Materials …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The manufacturing and assembly of small parallel mechanisms are often complex because
of the required tolerances and high part count. The present work focuses on the use of …

A Novel Compliant Rotation Reduction Mechanism and its Application in Micro-Rotation Manipulation

W Chen, Y Xu, Q Lu, Q Zhang, H Wei… - … and Robotics at Small …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and analysis of compact micro-rotation stages have been key issues in the field
of precision engineering. Introducing compliant motion scaling mechanism for the rotary …

Experimental Characterization and Processing of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

MO Vaughn - 2021 - jscholarship.library.jhu.edu
Unencumbered by the limitations of traditional subtractive manufacturing, additive
manufacturing (AM) has opened a whole new world of possibilities in complex part …

[PDF][PDF] A Study on Flexible Parallel Robots via Additive Manufacturing

D Shah, A Parmiggiani - divyashah.github.io
The manufacturing and assembly of small parallel robots are often complex because of the
required tolerances and high part count. The present work considers the use of compliant …