Eventos Anais de eventos
COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
An innovative methodology for toggle clamping device design
Submission Author:
Mateus Viana de Oliveira e Costa , SC
Co-Authors:
Estevan Hideki Murai, Fabiola da Silva Rosa, Daniel Martins, Mateus Viana de Oliveira e Costa
Presenter: Mateus Viana de Oliveira e Costa
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-0333
Abstract
Clamping devices are elements that holds the workpiece during machine operation. Since the workpiece can have any shape there are many types of fixtures. Toggle clamps act as constraint instruments based on at least two equilibrium positions and are the focus of this study. The main objective of this paper is to show a innovative design process of toggle clamping devices based on the science of mechanisms. The steps of this methodology are summarized here. The main goal of this process is to build more innovative toggle clamps based on the current state of technology of these devices and on a classification that was also proposed by the authors. A new clamping device was developed to illustrate the application of this methodology.
Keywords
Toggle clamping device, Toggle clamp classification, Clamping mechanism, Mechanism design, Creative design
