Mini assembly cell for the assembly of mini‐sized planetary gearheads

Abstract

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“…Another concept of assembly modules mounted around a fixed platform is followed up in research projects by Gaugel et al 7 and Rochdi et al 8 and by the industrial manufacturer MiLaSys. 9 Further concepts from Uusitalo et al 10 and Klocke Nanotechnik 11 follow up the idea of a fixed production cell equipped with a main handling device and several subsystems. In particular, these concepts point out that the size of the entire production system is limited by the size of the precision robot used so that highly miniaturized precision robots are obviously required.…”

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“…Many other concepts follow up the idea of a fixed production cell equipped with a main handling device and several subsystems, such as e.g. Uusitalo et al [9] in research and Klocke Nanotechnik [10] as a manufacturer. In particular, these concepts and the aforementioned system of IMSTec point out that the size of the whole production system is limited by the size of the conventional precision robot used.…”