A sliding magnetic clamp is used to hold a thin aluminum panel during a milling operation. The design includes a permanent\nmagnet group follower (slave module) which slides laterally over the panel attracted by another permanent magnet group (master\nmodule) attached to the industrial robot end effector from the machined side of the panel.The lateral sliding motion of the slave\nmodule in response to the master module motion is studied using a transfer function based motion model established considering\nthe lateral magnetic stiffness. The model is validated experimentally.
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