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IJAT Vol.9 No.6 pp. 739-745
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2015.p0739
(2015)

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A Low-Profile Planar Motion Table System Driven by Steel Belt

Hayato Yoshioka*, Hidenori Shinno**, and Hiroshi Sawano***

*Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

**Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan

***Department of Mechanical Engineering, Meiji University
1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan

Received:
June 3, 2015
Accepted:
July 13, 2015
Published:
November 5, 2015
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Keywords:
XY table, low profile structure, positioning, steel belt drive, planar motion
Abstract

Machine tools and inspection systems require high performance positioning table systems that have long travel ranges, lower profile structures, multi-degree-of-freedom motion, and high speed motion, simultaneously. This paper presents a newly developed low-profile planar motion table system driven by steel belts. The driving system has two steel belts, two servo motors, and four ball spline shafts. These elements are symmetrically arranged on the same plane, and the moving table realizes planar motion. After confirming the effectiveness of the proposed driving mechanism with a one-axis table system, the planar table system developed is evaluated through the some positioning experiments. The results confirm that the developed table system is useful in material handling and other applications.

Cite this article as:
H. Yoshioka, H. Shinno, and H. Sawano, “A Low-Profile Planar Motion Table System Driven by Steel Belt,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.9, No.6, pp. 739-745, 2015.
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