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B. Schulz, Ch. Pylatiuk, Georg Bretthauer

A New Class of Flexible Fluidic Actuators and their Applications in Medical Engineering

In this paper a new class of flexible fluidic actuators are presented. The new actuator consists of thin plastic films filled with air or fluid and of a control unit. They have different features from conventionel pneumatic and hydraulic actuators. These features are a high flexibility designed into their mechanical construction, the possibility of making very complex movements, a lightweight construction and very low manufacturing costs. The mathematical models for the expansion and contraction behaviours of these actuators are derived, and the results obtained by experiment are discussed. In addition, two typical applications in the medical engineering field are also described.

at – Automatisierungstechnik, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Volume: 47, 08/1999
Pages: 390

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