Using piezoelectric technology to improve servo gripper performance in mini- and microassembly

Assembly Automation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Karjalainen, Ilpo ^a   Sandelin, Teemu ^a   Heikkilä, Riku ^a   Tuokko, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assembly; Materials handling equipment

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; GRIPPERS; LINEAR MOTORS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SERVOMECHANISMS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY; SERVO GRIPPERS; ULTRASONIC MOTORS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 19444384016     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150510590479     Document Type: Article

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