Constant Torque Mechanisms: A Survey

Elias Saerens; Raphaël Guy Furnémont; Julie Legrand; Kevin Langlois; Pablo Lopez Garcia; Stein Crispel; Marco Rossini; Tom Verstraten; Bram Vanderborght; Dirk Lefeber

doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054565

Constant Torque Mechanisms: A Survey

Elias Saerens, Raphaël Guy Furnémont, Julie Legrand, Kevin Langlois, Pablo Lopez Garcia, Stein Crispel, Marco Rossini, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber

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Abstract

This work gives an overview of all types of constant torque mechanisms (CTMs) based on both function and structure. Based on their architecture, they can be divided into five distinct categories, which all have their specific behavior. It is also shown that these CTMs can be divided into two application types, namely, power assistance or torque stabilization. Constant force mechanisms (CFMs) are more prevalent in the literature; therefore, some discussion is proposed on how CFMs can be transformed into CTMs. It is also shown that some of these CTMs have a very high specific energy, which makes them potentially interesting for use as energy storage/power providers in novel fields like robotics.

Original language	English
Article number	010802
Number of pages	18
Journal	ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054565
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Elias Saerens, Stein Crispel, and Julie Legrand are affiliated with the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Elias and Stein as SB Ph.D. Fellows and Julie as FWO junior Postdoc. The work was also supported by Flanders Make ICON project SmartHandler (Grant No. HBC.2018.0251).

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