Micro Tools with Pneumatic Actuators for Desktop Factories
Björn Hoxhold, S. Büttgenbach · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2009
This paper presents the design, the simulation and the fabrication process of two novel pneumatically driven auxiliary micro tools that can be used to improve and to speed up assembling processes in desktop factories. The described micro systems are designed to function as centrifugal feeders for small glass balls or active clamping devices with small external dimensions. They are able to deliver more than six balls per second on demand to a gripper and align and clamp single chips in a fixed position.