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Article: Crash protection device selection. (New & notable: motion control).(Brief Article)
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- Product Design & Development
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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In order to successfully match a crash protection device to a specific application, it's critical to consider the loads produced by the static weight of the tooling, the inertial, loads imposed by robot motion, and the loads produced by the end-effector when performing its intended task.
Therefore, the selection process should begin with the calculation of the applied loads: static, dynamic, and working. The static load is the toad applied by tooling weight while the robot arm is idle. The dynamic load is the inertial, force imposed at the center of gravity due to acceleration of the robot arm. The working toad is a variety of forces generated at the ...