Precision Hexapod - Preliminary CAD (A Work for Micro)

摘要

An overview of the results and the technology applied to cope with the specific problems of a precision hexapod design, able to work inside of a synchrotron end-station by carrying out micro positioning tasks are presented in this paper. In a previous work done, several solutions to choose the final geometry were proposed, after a systematic modelling&simulation analysis. However, the mechatronic components were taken in to the account only based on some of their static, dynamic or dimensional features (force / stiffness /displacements, etc). Here, more details are given as resulted from a CAD process performed. The hexapod layout, its integration, the actuators and joints implementation, as well as the specific manufacturing or assembly problems encountered and their solutions.