Micro Flow Control Valve with Stable Condition Using Particle-Excitation

Daisuke Hirooka; Naomichi Furushiro; Tomomi Yamaguchi

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0422

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 422-429

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0422

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Micro Flow Control Valve with Stable Condition Using Particle-Excitation

Daisuke Hirooka, Naomichi Furushiro, and Tomomi Yamaguchi

Deportment of Mechanical Engineering, Kansai University
3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-8680, Japan

Received:

September 21, 2021

Accepted:

January 20, 2022

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

pneumatic control, micro flow control, small-sized servo valve, PZT

Abstract

This paper proposes a drive principle that aims to improve the control characteristics of a particle-excitation flow control valve capable of continuous air flow control. Aiming at application to a small servo valve, the authors have developed a particle-excitation flow control valve that controls flow rate by separating particles, which act as a valve element, from an orifice that is opened by the oscillation of a piezoelectric element. This paper proposes a method of more finely adjusting the motion of the particles. This method makes it possible to adjust to what degree each orifice opens, thereby refining the control of the flow rate and improving the responsiveness of the valve. Here, the authors produce a prototype, evaluate its characteristics, and confirm its effectiveness.

Basic working principle of micro flow control valve using particle-excitation

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D. Hirooka, N. Furushiro, and T. Yamaguchi, “Micro Flow Control Valve with Stable Condition Using Particle-Excitation,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 422-429, 2022.

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[3] [3] Z. Wang, Y. Makiyama, and S. Hirai, “A Soft Needle Gripper Capable of Grasping and Piercing for Handling Food Materials,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.33, No.4, pp. 935-943, doi: 10.20965/jrm.2021.p0935, 2021.

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[5] [5] Z. Wu, X. Li, and Z. Guo, “A Novel Pneumatic Soft Gripper with a Jointed Endoskeleton Structure,” Chinese J. of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.32, Article No.78, 2019.

[6] [6] A. Kojima, M. Okui, and T. Nakamura, “Development of Soft Pneumatic Actuators Using High-Strain Elastic Materials with Stress Anisotropy of Short Fibers,” Proc. of the 1st Int. Electronic Conf. on Actuator Technology: Materials, Devices and Applications, Article No.41, 2020.

[7] [7] S. Jien, S. Hirai, and K. Honda, “Miniaturization Design of Piezoelectric Vibration-Driven Pneumatic Unconstrained Valves,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.22, No.1, pp. 91-99, doi: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0091, 2010.

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[10] [10] T. Takayama and Y. Sumi, “Self-excited air flow passage changing device for periodic pressurization of soft robot,” Robomech J., Vol.8, Article No.20, 2021.

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[17] [17] D. Hirooka, T. Yamaguchi, N. Furushiro, K. Suzumori, and T. Kanda, “Particle-Excitation Flow-Control Valve using Piezo Vibration-Improvement for a high flow rate and Research on Controllability-,” Trans. on Sensors and Micromachines, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 32-37, 2017.

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