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Simulation and Experiment of Elastomer Seal for Pneumatic Servo Cylinder

  • Hur, Shin (Division of nano-convergence mechanical system, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials) ;
  • Song, Kyung Jun (Division of nano-convergence mechanical system, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials) ;
  • Woo, Chang Su (Division of nano-convergence mechanical system, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
  • Received : 2015.08.19
  • Accepted : 2015.08.31
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

The rubber seal is a part inserted into servo cylinder to keep the air pressure constant. In order for efficient movements of the servo cylinder, the frictional coefficient of the rubber seal needs to be minimized while the sealing is maintained. In this work the friction characteristics of rubber seal specimen are tested on metal plate at various conditions. The experimental conditions include roughness level, applied pressure, lubrication, and rubbing speed. The design of experiment approach is taken to assess the effect of each parameter. The nonlinear frictional response of the rubber is applied to the FEM model simulating the servo cylinder movement. The result demonstrates that precise optimization of the servo cylinder movement must be preceded by preliminary experiments coupled with the theory and FEM model.

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