{"title":"Highly flexible micro-joint with large rotational movement based on elastic design concept","authors":"C. Ha, Y. Son, Sungseek Ham, Dong-Yol Yang","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2012.6472932","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"As nano/micro devices become smaller, it is important to manipulate them with highly accurate control. The design of micro-joints is important for highly accurate movement. An elastic joint, one of type of micro-joint that is commonly used for rotational movement, however, has a limitation in terms of its small rotational range. This paper discusses a new micro-joint based on an elastic design concept for large rotational movement. The proposed micro-joint was designed with a simple shape of two thin plates. For large rotational movement with small force, a modified micro-joint with a helical structure was proposed. Through numerical simulation, the proposed micro-joint is estimated to have a large rotation that can be obtained with only a small force.","PeriodicalId":134364,"journal":{"name":"2012 International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2012 International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2012.6472932","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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As nano/micro devices become smaller, it is important to manipulate them with highly accurate control. The design of micro-joints is important for highly accurate movement. An elastic joint, one of type of micro-joint that is commonly used for rotational movement, however, has a limitation in terms of its small rotational range. This paper discusses a new micro-joint based on an elastic design concept for large rotational movement. The proposed micro-joint was designed with a simple shape of two thin plates. For large rotational movement with small force, a modified micro-joint with a helical structure was proposed. Through numerical simulation, the proposed micro-joint is estimated to have a large rotation that can be obtained with only a small force.