Rotational Vacuum Cups?
Rotational Vacuum Cups?
(OP)
Hey there!
I need to design a mechanism that picks up a plastic spherical body and then rotates it over a desired angle.
I'm thinking of a pneumatic system with a vacuum cup on the end of it to pick the body up and an electric motor to make the rotation. But the problem is that the angle of rotation may be more than 360 degrees, even infinitive. So, the question is that is there any way to make the rotation and keep pneumatic hoses irrotational(fixed, not moving) in order to prevent crashed in the system?
I need to design a mechanism that picks up a plastic spherical body and then rotates it over a desired angle.
I'm thinking of a pneumatic system with a vacuum cup on the end of it to pick the body up and an electric motor to make the rotation. But the problem is that the angle of rotation may be more than 360 degrees, even infinitive. So, the question is that is there any way to make the rotation and keep pneumatic hoses irrotational(fixed, not moving) in order to prevent crashed in the system?
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
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RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
I don't think it'll need large amonut of vacuum since the plastic body will be around 1 pound. I found out that those can pick a body up to 7 lbs. So that may be the solution.
I also checked out rotary unions which is exactly what I was thinking :)
In this case, I think I need to go a little further to see which one would be more proper/feasible to use.
Please let me know if you have any other idea to share. Thanks a lot for replies.
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
We make our own vacuum cam valves. I could probably send you some pictures so you get the idea. The valves have vacuum passages milled out to pick up and drop off parts without having to turn valves on and off.
Charlie
www.facsco.com
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
Thanks for the note. I'd more than appreciate it if you could send me some pictures. However, I need to say that I need a rotation more than 360 degrees. The vacuum cups in the end of the system should be rotating even infinite.
Btw, can you send pictures through eng-tips.com? If not, how would you be sending them?
Thanks!
RE: Rotational Vacuum Cups?
Send me an EMail, and I can send pictures.
If I knew more about what you were doing, I could help find a solution; there are many things you can do.
Charlie
www.facsco.com