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Development of Single Slide-Rail System for Reduction of Unbalanced Sliding Motion  

Kim, Min-Hoon (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Park, Ki-Hong (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Jeong, Won-Chul (LG Electronics)
Ye, Sung-Bong (Factory automatic system part, Ok-Chang Co.)
Park, Sang-Hu (ERC/NSDM, School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.28, no.4, 2011 , pp. 490-495 More about this Journal
Abstract
A slide-rail system is widely used in home appliances, furniture, mechanical rigs, and so many other applications; due to its high strength and performance for easy moving heavy objectives. In general, a pair of side slide-rails is set on both sides of a drawer to support and move it. So an unbalanced sliding motion can occur during opening and closing a drawer with pull and push force. To settle this problem, single central slide-rail having three collapsible rail-bodies was firstly proposed in this work. 'H'-beam shaped rail-body was newly designed to have enough bending and twisting strength. The experimental test showed that the proposed rail could be applied to large-size home appliances for easy moving drawer with heavy weight.
Keywords
Single Slide Rail; Structural Optimization; Low Cost & Weight; Factorial Effect Analysis; Unbalanced Sliding Motion;
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