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.