Development of High-Power Micropump Using Inertia Effect of Fluid for Small-Sized Fluid Actuators

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-135

  Seto, Takeshi ^a   Takagi, Kunihiko ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^b   Park, Jung Ho ^b   Yokota, Shinichi ^b  

^a SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

check valve; flexible actuator; inertia effect; microfactory; micropump

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

CHECK VALVES; FLEXIBLE ACTUATOR; FLUID POWER; HIGH OUTPUT; HIGH POWER; INERTIA EFFECTS; INTERNAL PRESSURES; MICRO PUMP; MICRO-FACTORY; PIEZOELECTRIC MICROPUMPS;

PUMPS;

EID: 33645313273     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2003.p0128     Document Type: Article

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