Design, Analysis and Testing of a New Compliant Compound Constant-Force Mechanism

This paper presents the design and testing of a novel flexure-based compliant compound constant-force mechanism (CCFM). One uniqueness of the proposed mechanism lies in that it achieves both constant-force input and constant-force output, which is enabled by integrating two types of sub-mechanisms t...

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Main Authors: Xiaozhi Zhang, Guangwei Wang, Qingsong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/7/4/65