Grippers in Motion (eBook)

The Fascination of Automated Handling Tasks

Andreas Wolf, Ralf Steinmann, Henrik Schunk (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2006 | 2005
VI, 242 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-27718-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Grippers in Motion provides a comprehensive, practice-oriented guide to the fascinating details of automation processes involving gripping and manipulation. This intriguing and colorful book leads the reader from the history of automation and robotics to the fundamentals of the gripping process as well as the interaction of the gripping process with individual workpieces. Boundary conditions and initial situation of the gripping process are defined, and how subsequent motion follows gripping is shown. The implementation of these motion processes, from simple linear motions to the kinematics of multiple axes, is illustrated in a practical way. This practical introduction motivates students and even professionals to learn more about the world of robotic grippers. Grippers in Motion includes a spectrum of real-world applications demonstrating the possibilities and varieties of automation in practice.

Inhalt

Table of Contents 13
1 Handling: The Underrated Process 16
1.1 The Handling Process 21
1.2 Handling Terminology 24
1.3 What Are The Main Points of This Book? 30
2 Evolution or Revolution? 34
2.1 Changes in the Field of Automation 35
2.2 Developmental Stages of Grippers 38
2.3 Robot History 45
2.4 Robot Statistics 60
3 Getting To Grips With Handling Tasks 70
3.1 The Workpiece is the Starting Point 74
3.2 Gripper Fingers As Operating Elements 84
3.3 Securing The Workpiece 109
3.4 Gripping Situations 134
3.5 Safe Gripping 152
3.6 Grippers As A Source of Information 158
4 Movement Adds Value 170
4.1 Kinetic Effects on Workpieces 172
4.2 Realization of Kinetic Processes 189
5 Practical Applications 224
5.1 Precision and Coordination 224
5.2 Velocity 226
5.3 Color Sorting 227
5.4 Big and Heavy 228
5.5 Wheel and Wheel Rim Handling 230
5.6 Heavy and Delicate 231
5.7 Lightweight 232
5.8 Tooling Machines 233
5.9 Dirty Environments 234
5.10 Cleanroom 235
5.11 High Temperature 236
5.12 X-Ray 237
5.13 Logistics/ Bananas 238
5.14 Hygiene/ Meat 239
5.15 Cleaning/ Cheese 240
5.16 Barrels 241
5.17 Beverages 242
5.18 Fast Snacks 243
5.19 Dalry Industry 244
5.20 Greenhouse Production 245
6 Literature 246

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2006
• Zusatzinfo: VI, 242 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: Applications • Automation • Grippers • History • Kinematics • Motion and Speed • Pick and Place • robot • Robot Hand • Robotics • robots • Swifel Unit • Tool Changer • Tool Connector
• ISBN-10: 3-540-27718-8 / 3540277188
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-27718-7 / 9783540277187