In order to meet the requirements of large-stroke and high-precision rotating motion
an inchworm giant magnetostrictive rotary actuator was designed based on the principle of inchworm cumulative stepping angular displacement. With a giant magnetostrictive rod as the power source and a right-angle flexure hinge as the springback element
the stepping angular displacement output of the rotor was realized by applying a specific excitation timing signal to make the clamping mechanism and driving mechanism cooperate effectively. The static and dynamic characteristics of rectangular flexure hinges were analyzed by simplifying them into statically indeterminate beams
and a spatial mechanical model was established. The experimental test system was built
and the output performance
clamping stability
and stability of the output angular displacement of the inchworm magnetostrictive rotary actuator were tested. The experimental results show that when the driving voltage is 4.5 V and the frequency is 2 Hz
the average one-step angular displacement is 278.81
μ
rad
the maximum error is 7.92
μ
rad
the maximum relative error is 2.83%
and the radial run-out of the clamping mechanism is less than 1.35
μ
m. The rotary actuator works stably and reliably with a high output precision
which can rotate 360°. The calculated results of the model are in agreement with the experimental results. The maximum error is 12.11
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