Variable Stiffness Mechanism for the Reduction of Cutting Forces in Robotic Deburring

One of the main issues related to robotic deburring is that the tool can get damaged or stopped when the burr thickness exceeds a certain threshold. The aim of this work is to devise a mechanism that can reduce cutting forces automatically, in the event that the burr is too high, and is able to retu...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2021-03, Vol.11 (6), p.2883
Main Authors: Bottin, Matteo, Cocuzza, Silvio, Massaro, Matteo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
compliant mechanism
Costs
Cutting force
cutting forces
Cutting parameters
Cutting tools
Deburring
Design
Design parameters
Grinding tools
Kinematics
Optimization
robot
Robotics
Robots
Sensors
Stiffness
Thickness
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Summary:One of the main issues related to robotic deburring is that the tool can get damaged or stopped when the burr thickness exceeds a certain threshold. The aim of this work is to devise a mechanism that can reduce cutting forces automatically, in the event that the burr is too high, and is able to return to the baseline configuration when the burr thickness is acceptable again. On the one hand, in normal cutting conditions, the mechanism should have high stiffness to ensure high cutting precision. On the other hand, when the burr is too high the mechanism should exploit its compliance to reduce the cutting forces and, as a consequence, a second cutting cycle will be necessary to completely remove the burr. After the conceptual design of the mechanism and the specification of the desired stiffness curve, the main design parameters of the system are derived thanks to an optimization method. The effectiveness of the proposed mechanism is verified by means of dynamic simulations using selected test cases. A reduction up to 60% of the cutting forces is obtained, considering a steel burr up to 6 mm high.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app11062883