Flexure hinge with a high support stiffness in a large range of motion

Dannis Brouwer; Steven Boer; Ger Folkersma; H. Jacobs; Ronald G.K.M. Aarts; Just L. Herder

Flexure hinge with a high support stiffness in a large range of motion

Dannis Brouwer, Steven Boer, Ger Folkersma, H. Jacobs, Ronald G.K.M. Aarts, Just L. Herder

Faculty of Engineering Technology

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Abstract

Flexure-based mechanisms do not suffer from friction, stiction or backlash, and therefore they show a high level of determinacy. Several new flexure hinge designs will be presented, as well as a method for optimising the geometry of flexure hinges to maximise the support stiffness over a range of motion. The results will be demonstrated by a two-degree-of-freedom stage that combines a large range of motion with high eigenfrequency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics 2012
Publisher	Dutch Society of Precision Engineering
Pages	105-106
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2012
Event	1st DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics 2012 - Deurne, Netherlands Duration: 4 Sept 2012 → 5 Sept 2012 Conference number: 1

Conference

Conference	1st DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics 2012
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Deurne
Period	4/09/12 → 5/09/12

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