Proceedings of the 2017 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics
Volume, Number, Page
Published date
May 10, 2017
Publisher
Japanese:
一般社団法人 日本機械学会
English:
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Conference name
Japanese:
日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2017
English:
2017 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics
Conference site
Japanese:
福島県郡山市
English:
Kori-yama, Fukushima,
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Abstract
Synthetic fiber ropes, which are lightweight and have high tensile strength and flexibility, have attracted attention as an alternative to stainless steel wire rope.
This study clarifies various physical characteristics of synthetic fiber ropes to design a tendon-driven mechanism and this paper focuses on creep of ropes.
We first designed and constructed a creep testing machine for ropes.
Second, we performed experiments with three types of synthetic fiber ropes and one stainless steel wire rope.
As a result, in stainless steel wire rope, creep was not observed.
In addition, Polyarylate(PAR) fiber rope and Poly-phenylene-Benzobisoxazole(PBO) fiber rope have much higher creep resistance than Ultra High molecular weight Polyethylene(UHPE) fiber rope.