High-Integration Micromotor Using Electro-Conjugate Fluid (ECF)

Shinichi Yokota; Kiyomi Kawamura; Kenjiro Takemura; Kazuya Edamura

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JRM Vol.17 No.2 pp. 142-148

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2005.p0142

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High-Integration Micromotor Using Electro-Conjugate Fluid (ECF)

Shinichi Yokota^, Kiyomi Kawamura^, Kenjiro Takemura^*,
and Kazuya Edamura^**

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

^**New Technology Management Co., Ltd., 2-9-1-306 Higashi-Shinkoiwa, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-0023, Japan

Received:

October 18, 2004

Accepted:

February 4, 2005

Published:

April 20, 2005

Keywords:

micromotor, electro-conjugate fluid, functional fluid, actuator, micro machine

Abstract

Electro-conjugate fluid (ECF) is a dielectric fluid, that produces a powerful jet flow (ECF jet) when high DC voltage is applied between electrodes inserted in the fluid, realizing a new simplified, lightweight micromotor. We previously developed a disk-plate type ECF micromotor with inner diameter of 9mm. Here we discuss a high-integration ECF micromotor with an inner diameter of 5mm to improve output power density, designing and fabricating ECF micromotors with 4-layer and 8-layer disk-plate rotors, then measured motor performance. Experimental results confirm motors had higher power density than previous ECF micromotors, with output power density 2.3 times higher than previous.

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S. Yokota, K. Kawamura, K. Takemura, and K. Edamura, “High-Integration Micromotor Using Electro-Conjugate Fluid (ECF),” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.17 No.2, pp. 142-148, 2005.

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[1] [1] T. Higuchi, “Future of New Actuators,” J. Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.21, No.7, pp. 2-5, 2003 (in Japanese).

[2] [2] Y. Otsubo, and K. Edamura, “Dielectric Fluid Motors,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 318-320, 1997.

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[4] [4] S. Yokota, Y. Kondoh, A. Sadamoto, Y. Otsubo, and K. Edamura, “A Micro Motor Using Electro-conjugate Fluids (ECF) (Proposition of Stator Electrode-type (SE-type) Micro ECF Motors),” Int. J. JSME Ser.C, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 756-762, 2001.

[5] [5] S. Yokota, “A 2mm ECF micromotor,” Proc. 7th Int. Conf. Mechatronics Technology (ICMT’03), pp. 361-366, 2003.

[6] [6] S. Yokota, S. Kuwajima, and K. Edamura, “Realization of a Higher Integrated Multi-layered DP-RE-type ECF Micro-Motor,” Trans. The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ser.C, Vol.70, No.693, pp. 239-245, 2004 (in Japanese).

[7] [7] R. Abe, and S. Yokota, “A Micro Actuator using ECF-Jet with Needle-type Electrode,” Proc. FLUCOME’03, CD-ROM, 2003.

High-Integration Micromotor Using Electro-Conjugate Fluid (ECF)

Shinichi Yokota*, Kiyomi Kawamura*, Kenjiro Takemura*, and Kazuya Edamura**

Shinichi Yokota^, Kiyomi Kawamura^, Kenjiro Takemura^*,
and Kazuya Edamura^**