Type Design for Heavy-payload Forging Manipulators

Heavy-payload forging manipulators are mainly characterized by large load output and large capacitive-load input. The relationship between outputs and inputs, which will greatly influence the control and the reliability, is the key issue in type design for heavy-payload forging manipulators. In this paper, a type design method by considering the incidence relationship between output characteristics and actuator inputs is presented and used to design the mechanism for forging manipulators. The concept of modeling method based on the outputs tasks is defined and investigated. The principle of type design from the viewpoints of the relationship between output characteristics and actuator inputs is discussed. An idea of establishing the incidence relationship between output characteristics and actuator inputs is proposed. The incidence relationship matrix between outputs and inputs is also given. The design flow is obtained, and the incidence relationship between outputs and inputs for heavy-payload forging manipulators is divided into three parts after detailed understanding of the functional properties. Four types of mechanisms for heavy-payload forging manipulators are given, and the corresponding spatial mechanical sketches are also drawn, some new designed mechanisms have been adopted by company or used as prototype. These novel forging manipulators which satisfy certain functional requirements provide an effective help for the design of forging manipulators and patent application.