Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
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| author | Lai, Justin Yi-Shen |
| author2 | Kamal Youcef-Toumi. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/629932019-04-10T20:05:40Z Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation Planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation Lai, Justin Yi-Shen Kamal Youcef-Toumi. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). This work investigated the design and testing of a planar mechanism for passively compensating tilt between two flat surfaces brought into close proximity. The proposed design uses flexural components which eliminate friction and ensure smooth motion. To achieve this alignment in one of the two surfaces, two heights were fixed. The first height was fixed by a preload from a micrometer head. The second height was fixed by the clamping of a post. This was achieved by using a variation of an existing in-plane clamp design. After the post was clamped, the alignment from the conformal contact of the two surfaces was fixed. An error analysis is presented to estimate the uncertainty in the alignment. For experimentally characterizing the tilt error, capacitance probes were used to measure the alignment errors. It was found that the maximum uncertainty in the alignment was on the order of 50 [mu]rad, making this design suitable for micro-scale planar alignment applications. by Justin Yi-Shen Lai. S.B. 2011-05-23T17:58:40Z 2011-05-23T17:58:40Z 2007 2007 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62993 720657563 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 83 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Lai, Justin Yi-Shen Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title | Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title_full | Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title_fullStr | Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title_short | Design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt-compensation |
| title_sort | design and characterization of a planar mechanism for passive tilt compensation |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62993 |
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