• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.457-463
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• 2009

This paper describes the development of non-explosive separation(NES) device which can be equipped on a small satellite. It comprises mechanism itself and spring-type shape memory alloy(SMA) actuator. In order to design SMA actuator properly, the necessary actuation force is measured. Based on that result, SMA actuator is designed and fabricated. Finally, SMA actuator and the proposed mechanism are integrated. In order to evaluate performance of the developed NES, we carried out a response time test, preload test and shock level test. In near future, we expect to replace the imported NES device with the developed device.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.1405-1411
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• 2012

Remote handling manipulators are widely used for performing hazardous tasks, and it is essential to ensure the reliable performance of such systems. Toward this end, tendon-driven mechanisms are adopted in such systems to reduce the weight of the distal parts of the manipulator while maintaining the handling performance. In this study, several approaches for the design of a gripper system for a tendon-driven remote handling system are introduced. Basically, this gripper has an underactuated spring mechanism that is combined with a slave manipulator triggered by a master operator. Based on the requirements under the specified tendon-driven mechanism, the connecting position of the spring system on the gripper mechanism and kinematic influence coefficient (KIC) analysis are performed. As a result, a suitable combination of components for the proper design of the target system is presented and verified.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.158-164
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• 2003

The air circuit breaker (ACB) with the spring-actuated mechanism was studied to improve the fatigue-proof characteristics of its link. The low-cycle fatigue fracture phenomenon occurred on the critical link, called h-link, of ACB from the repeated rapid closing and opening operations. To analyze the cause of failure, dynamic FE-analysis on the b-link part of ACB was performed considering tile velocity and acceleration of the links per time as boundary conditions, which were obtained by using ADAMS. Also, the S-N curve obtained by experiments was used to investigate requirement on the fatigue-proof characteristics. Then, to reduce the maximum tensile stress on the h-link, three types of h-link were examined and one of them was selected.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.04b
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• pp.74-76
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• 2006

최근 중 저압용 진공 차단기의 구동 메커니즘으로 영구자석형 조작기(PMA)가 널리 사용되고 있다. 이는 모터 스프링이나 유압 및 공압식 등과 같은 기계식 메커니즘에 비해 성능과 신뢰성에서 우수함을 인정받고 있다. 그러나 기존 영구자석형 조작기에서는 가동자와 영구 자석 사이의 큰 마찰력으로 인한 에너지 손실과 차단부와의 연결 로드에서의 기계적 고장 및 파손이 유발될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 가동자의 로드에 베어링 타입의 부싱을 장착한 모델을 제안함으로써 이 문제를 해결하고자 한다. 부싱을 이용하여 영구 자석과 가동자 사이의 공극을 확보함으로써 마찰을 감소시키고 기계적 안정성 및 동작 특성 향상을 기대할 수 있다. 유한요소법(FEM)과 시간차분법(TDM)을 이용하여 제안된 모델의 동작 특성을 해석하였고, 이를 기존 모델의 특성과 비교하여 그 우수성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.838_839
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• 2009

차단기는 전력계통에서 고장이 발생한 경우, 고장전류가 퍼져나가는 것을 방지하고 고장전류에 의해 계통에 연결된 다른 기기들이 손상을 입는 것을 방지하는 전력기기이다. 그 중 진공 차단기는 친환경성과 우수한 절연특성으로 배전급 중.저압용 차단기로 널리 사용되고 있다. 차단기는 크게 조작부와 차단부로 구분되는데 진공 차단기의 조작부 메커니즘은 스프링 구동방식과 영구자석형 마그네틱 액츄에이터(PMA)를 사용하여 구동하는 방식으로 나뉜다. 본 논문에서는 진공차단기의 조작부인 영구자석형 마그네틱 액츄에이터(PMA)의 개방.투입 유지력과 동작특성을 유한요소법을 이용하여 해석하였다. 정밀한 해석을 위해 물질의 비선형성을 고려하였으며, 외부회로와 결합한 전자계 해석을 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1530-1535
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• 2003

The automatic load transfer switch (ALTS) typically automatically transfers electrical loads from a normal electrical power source to an emergency electrical power source upon reduction or loss of normal power source voltage. It can also automatically re-transfer the load to the normal power source when the normal voltage has been restored within acceptable limits. The transfer operation of ALTS is accomplished by a spring-driven linkage mechanism. In this paper we build a dynamic model of driving mechanism for ALTS using ADAMS and checked the characteristics of the transfer operation. Finally we performed a detailed design of the driving mechanism through results of analysis and confirmed it to satisfy design requirements.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.1741-1747
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• 2010

This work presents a study on the design of an economic service robot hand for tele-presence manipulators. The conceptual design of new robot hand is derived from biomimetics approach. Guided by the analysis of human arm' musculoskeletal structure, the fingers are actuated by cables and actuators in the forearm. High tension in the cables is achieved by screw-nut mechanism driven by DC motors. A set of combination springs is incorporated in each of the screw-nut mechanism for easy control of gripping force. The first prototype revealed difficulties with finger control and coupling problem between gripping force and wrist movement. The solutions to these problems have been derived from the contradiction analysis of TRIZ. The second design has been verified by tests on various objects with different weight and shape for full range of wrist motion.