Custom, Integrated, Pneumatic, Rotary Actuator for an Active Ankle-Foot Orthosis

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dc.creatorRemmers, Richard
dc.creatorCook, Doug
dc.creatorGervasi, Vito
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-01T00:14:19Z
dc.date.available2021-10-01T00:14:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractEnd-use objects produced via additive manufacturing (AM) are on the rise and new applications in the fluid power industry are emerging. Recently, a custom, pneumatic, rotary actuator was been designed and additively manufactured for integration into an active ankle-foot orthosis that is being developed in the National Science Foundation’s Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. All necessary plumbing, between the valves and vanes, is integrated into the additively-manufactured housing of the actuator; and, the silicone translating seals were vacuum-transfer molded using additively-manufactured molds and inserts. This nonconventional actuator has more theoretical torque, and weighs less, than the off-the-shelf component that it replaced. Further development will reduce seal leakage, and optimize designs for additional mass reduction. Results-to-date are presented, in addition to several other examples of the growing use of AM in the fluid-power industry.en_US
dc.description.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/88305
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/15246
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
dc.relation.ispartof2010 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposiumen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectadditive manufacturingen_US
dc.subjectfluid power industryen_US
dc.subjectcustom pneumatic rotary actuatoren_US
dc.subjectactive ankle-foot orthosisen_US
dc.titleCustom, Integrated, Pneumatic, Rotary Actuator for an Active Ankle-Foot Orthosisen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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