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Due to the countless drop in friction, lubrication, as well as accumulation problems, Compliant tools have become a perfect replacement for rigid - joints in micro and nano applications and have increasing importance in industrial fields. Compliant mechanisms transform force or motion through the deformation of their structural members. Compliant mechanisms have gained popularity in micro and nano-engineering, aerospace, smart structures, Opto - mechatronics, healthcare, and semiconductor equipment. The significant demand for compliant mechanisms in a variability of applications encouraged the development of design methods. Along with the developed designs, actuators and sensors continuously evolved to acquire precise positioning. In micro-positioning, a large group of XY stage actuators are found, but nowadays, actuators with stage XYZ and stage XYθ (3 - DOF) are popular, especially in a robotics application. Furthermore, the sensors also evolved more sensitive and reliable. The current compliant system comes with the integrated actuator and embedded sensing element. This paper briefly overviews the development of topology optimization techniques, sensors, and actuators for the past decades. © 2022 Author(s).

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Design and development of compliant mechanisms using various sensors and actuators: A review

Design and Analysis of Flexure Mechanism Considering Precision Control Strategy

The Compressors and Heat Exchangers required for applications in petroleum industry, fertilizer industry, for boilers, etc weigh upto 50 tonnes. The heavy machinery needs to be lifted so that the workers/technicians can work on the lower parts for maintenance. This lifting of heavy machinery and compressors in factories, necessary for maintenance and fitting, and assembly are still done using cranes. There is a considerable margin of risk and error in this process. Although this is currently the preferred way for lifting such heavy machines, there is need to opt for an easier lifting method. Our project focus is on designing a hydraulic system – forming a network of hydraulic actuators to effectively lift the desired load. This would include capacity of lifting of each actuator, position of the actuator and other such processes that would enable the system to lift the machine such that its level is maintained after lifting, to avoid any misalignment.