Non-contact handling using high-intensity ultrasonics

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-8

  Reinhart, G ^a   Hoeppner, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRIPPERS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC POSITIONING; NON-CONTACT HANDLING; ULTRASONIC GRIPPERS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033706037     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)62884-4     Document Type: Article

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