LINEAR FLOW-SPLIT LINEAR GUIDES: INFLATING CHAMBERS TO GENERATE BREAKING FORCE

DS 68-4: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Impacting Society through Engineering Design, Vol. 4: Product and Systems Design, Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.-19.08.2011

Year: 2011
Editor: Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Lindemann, U.
Author: Lommatzsch, Nils; Gramlich, Sebastian; Birkhofer, Herbert; Bohn, Andrea
Series: ICED
Section: Product and Systems Design
Page(s): 337-346

Abstract

The linear flow-splitting technology developed within the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 666) “Integral Sheet Metal Design with Higher Order Bifurcations” offers new options to manufacture innovative products. Especially using the technology to continuously produce linear guides is focused in this research. With linear flow-splitting and linear bend-splitting, chambered steel profiles provide possibilities to integrate functions into linear guides. In this contribution, an approach to develop functions for linear flow-split linear guides is presented. Basing on calculation models and property networks, optimized solutions can be created while design modifications can be derived from the property networks. These property networks are very well suited to present an easy overview over the so called “set screws” with which the fulfillment of the requirements can be influenced. The approach also includes the validation of the calculation models and the functionality with finite element models and experiments. The approach is explained on the example of the function “clamping”.

Keywords: PROPERTY NETWORK; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR MOTION GUIDES; FUNCTION INTEGRATION

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