• DocumentCode
    3468519
  • Title

    Measurements and analysis on characteristics of a conveyance system using air levitation

  • Author

    Konishi, Satoshi ; Harada, Masatoshi ; Ogami, Yoshifumi ; Daiho, Yoshihiko ; Mita, Yoshio ; Fujita, Hiroyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kyoto, Japan
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    9-12 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    232
  • Lastpage
    236
  • Abstract
    This paper presents results from measurements of the behavior of objects moved by air flow on a conveyance system. The conveyance system carrying objects by the directed air flow from many microactuators was previously proposed. We have developed a macro model of the proposed conveyance system and examined characteristics of the system. The finite element method was also used to analyze the air flow characteristics of our conveyance system theoretically
  • Keywords
    conveyors; finite element analysis; microactuators; nozzles; FEA; FEM; air levitation conveyance system characteristics; finite element method; microactuators; Computational fluid dynamics; Control systems; Finite element methods; Fluid flow measurement; Friction; Levitation; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical variables measurement; Microactuators; Micromachining;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation Proceedings, 1997. ETFA '97., 1997 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4192-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ETFA.1997.616274
  • Filename
    616274