A lightweight suction gripper for micro assembly

Precision Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-105

  Bos, E J C ^a   Bullema, J E ^a   Delbressine, F L M ^a   Schellekens, P H J ^a   Dietzel, A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assembly systems; Gripper; Miniaturization

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; COLLISION FORCES; MICRO ASSEMBLY; PRODUCT DIMENSIONS; SURFACE FORCES;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 39149113746     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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