• DocumentCode
    230022
  • Title

    A novel electronically-controlled linear escapement mechanism

  • Author

    Besuchet, Romain ; Civet, Yoan ; Perriard, Yves

  • Author_Institution
    Integrated Actuators Lab. (LAI), Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    2204
  • Lastpage
    2210
  • Abstract
    The linear escapement mechanism presented in this paper has been developed to assist in a task where a large thrust force (>10 N) is required with a high positioning resolution (<;0.5 mm) in a battery-powered device. This paper describes the behaviour of the escapement, the design process, based on the dynamic modelling of the output, and the sizing of the key features with a view towards miniaturisation. A prototype is used to validate the design options.
  • Keywords
    power electronics; battery-powered device; design process; dynamic modelling; electronically-controlled linear escapement mechanism; high positioning resolution; thrust force; Actuators; Force; Friction; Prototypes; Rails; Safety; Springs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 2014 17th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hangzhou
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEMS.2014.7013868
  • Filename
    7013868