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Thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Robin and I am in love with the creative world of digital scrapping. I am continually amazed at the beauty generated by people's imaginations, so I created this blog to showcase some of my own work and favorites from around the world. Please visit often and feel free to leave comments.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Patty B Designs has joined the Go Digital Scrapbooking team! If you haven't had the opportunity to check out her shoppe, you can do it here. She has an array of lovely kits to choose from, including the beautiful Lullaby and Good Night, which I was fortunate enough to be able to use to scrap a couple of layouts. Here's a preview of Lullaby and Good Night
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Nibbles Skribbles' latest addition to the "Hello 2014"series is here and on sale for over 60% off at Digital Scrapbooking Studio! Hello September is chock-a-block full of papers and elements and alphas and flairs...you name it. Here's a preview of the bundle, but you can also purchase it in pieces. Check it out!
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FOR THE GUYS by NIBBLES SKRIBBLES
Good Day Everyone! I wanted to share a new kit with you from Nibbles Skribbles. I don't know about you, but I sometimes have trouble scrapping pictures of the men in my life because a lot of the times kits tend to be a bit more feminine. Nibbles Skribbles' For the Guys is a kit that matches its title! It's colorful and masculine and I had a great time using it to scrap my husband and son doing a bit of welding. You can find For the Guys for 35% off at Digital Scrapbooking Studio. Take a look at the preview -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
HELLO AUGUST by NIBBLES SKRIBBLES and a FREEBIE
Happy Tuesday Everybody! I wanted to share a new kit by Nibbles Skribbles, which is the latest addition to her monthly "Hello 2014" series. This month's addition, Hello August, is a beauty! AND it's on sale for only $1.00 until the 31st! Just look at this kit! on my FB page
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SILLY SILLY THINGS by QUEEN BEE SCRAPS
Happy Sunday Everyone! Queen Bee Scraps has created a truly vivid and fun kit titled Silly Silly Things that has recently been released to her Go Digital Scrapbooking store. I had such fun working with this kit! The papers and ellies lend themselves perfectly for scrapping those goofy photos that we all have. Here's the preview of the kit
Thursday, July 31, 2014
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Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a new kit I just got - it's called My Seascape, and it's by Studio 4 Designworks. When I saw this kit, I just had to have it, it's so gosh darn cute and has such a beautiful array of ellies and papers! You can find this kit at either Go Digital Scrapbooking or Digital Scrapbooking Studio, which both carry the add on as well! I also created a freebie for you, which you will find at the end of this post. First, take a look at this adorable kit! my Facebook page, find the Studio 4 Designworks Freebie link and then like the page.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Happy Sunday Everyone! I wanted to share with you a brand new collaboration kit that is on sale for 50% off right now at Digital Scrapbooking Studio. It's titled, Summer Santa and it was created by two great designers, Nibbles Skribbles and Valentina's Creations. Here's the preview for the kit Check it out while it's still on sale!
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Giti Tire Group of Singapore will spend $560 million to bring 1,700 jobs to Chester County for a tire plant that will eventually make 5 million tires a year.
The company (name pronounced "Gee-Tee") will produce tires at a 1.8 million-square-foot plant that will be built at the industrial mega-site on Interstate 77, south of S.C. Highway 9, near Richburg.
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley announced the project this morning at the county's Gateway Conference Center in Richburg. She says Giti looked for a community that would welcome its corporate family.
"What they wanted was a community that would be proud of the product," Haley says. "We are the nation's tire capital, and Giti's decision to come to our state is another great sign that our economic development efforts are paying off for the hardworking people of South Carolina. We celebrate Giti Tire's $560 million investment that will create 1,700 new jobs in our growing tire industry."
Production is probably still two years away at the 1,100-acre site, says Bobby Hitt, state secretary of commerce secretary.
Building the sprawling plant will "take some time," says Enki Tan, executive chairman of Giti.
The plant's production will probably grow, Tan says, as the company penetrates the U.S. market.
The facility will be the first tire plant in the United States for Giti Tire. The company has sold tires for autos and SUVs for 20 years, Tan says.
"I guess people like our products," he says. The tires are sold at Wal-Mart and Firestone stores, as well as by independent tire stores.
Incentives for the project total nearly $40 million, excluding a rebate of Giti employees' state tax payments to the company, Hitt says.
Haley says this is tire plant No. 4 for South Carolina, making the state a preeminent supplier for the auto industry. Michelin, Bridgestone and Continental Tire already make tires in South Carolina.
"We build tires," Haley says. "We build them well."
Ashoka Kumar Mirpuri, Singapore's ambassador to the U.S., was among those on hand for this morning's announcement.
Giti is the world's 10th-largest tire manufacturer, according to the S.C. Department of Commerce.
During this morning's announcement, employees from 10 other Giti facilities around the world Skyped in to deliver a welcome message to Chester County. About 200 gathered for the announcement.
The jobs announcement is the first of three anticipated today in the S.C. counties south of Charlotte. Two projects in York County are expected to total 5,000 jobs.
Sources have told us LPL Financial wants to consolidate its Charlotte-area operations in a move to a Childress Klein Properties-developed office building in Fort Mill's Kingsley Park, near the S.C. Highway 160 interchange on I-77.
In addition, the Lash Group, a health-care consulting firm that operates in 300,000 square feet in three buildings in Charlotte's LakePointe Corporate Center, is thought to be eyeing a move to York County.
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This Prison Where I Live is a feature length documentary about two comedians. Maung Thura – better known as Zarganar – is Burma's greatest living comic. Relentlessly victimized by the Burmese military junta, he is now in prison. Michael Mittermeier, in stark contrast, is free to practice his art of humor and provocation as one of Germany's leading stand-up comedians.
In 2007, Zarganar was interviewed by the British documentary filmmaker, Rex Bloomstein, despite being banned from all forms of artistic activity and talking to foreign media. This footage remained unseen – until now. Two years later, hearing that Zarganar had been sentenced to 59 years in jail, Bloomstein teamed up with Michael Mittermeier and together they traveled secretly to Burma to make a film about this courageous man, who describes himself as the "loudspeaker" for the Burmese people, and to investigate humor under a dictatorship.
I hope that with the help of this movie, the world will get to know the name of this man.– Michael Mittermeier
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I know everyone says this is hard but i killed her in 4 hits. What you need to do is gets strong weapon(enchanted weapon or silver war hammer) then head to the im perial city water front. After you get there go aound the wall about to the middle of opposite side then go directly south do not follow roads. After a little bit u should end up in a town called pells gate. From there travel west following the road until you cross the old bridge(this is a landmark so itll be easy to find it). Across the bridge there will be ruins called vindasel get to the end and there umbra a chick redguard will be there. Dont waste ur time trying to get on the pillar. Equip your war hammer or enchanted item get behind her and swing and dont stop shell be dead within 15 seconds.
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NewsBar Raises the Bar for RSS Readers
December 27, 2013
"Out of sight, out of mind" is an old saw that's absolutely true about RSS readers. Relegating RSS feeds to a tab in a Web browser, website or standalone application keeps news out of sight and consequently out of mind. NewsBar addresses that problem by placing a vertical bar on a Mac's display where feed headlines can be constantly seen and read.
All Things Appy: 5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple Sensors
December 27, 2013
Your Apple device is full of sensors, including a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetometer and a gyroscopic sensor. Also included in these devices are radios, which aren't strictly sensors but which include the GPS for location services. In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the five best free apps for playing with sensors and sensor-like radios.
A World of Skins Add Beauty to the Joy of ExDialer Pro
December 27, 2013
I was banging my head against the wall the other day because the dialer on my aging Motorola Photon 4G stopped working. Normally what I'd do -- and recommend doing -- is upgrade the OS to a later version while at the same time doing a hard reset on the device. However, you need an unlocked bootloader to do that, and Motorola has locked the bootloader on that model.
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December 20, 2013
For some inexplicable reason, probably related to egocentric human nature, software developers can't seem to resist designing their programs as if they were default services: always on and ready. If you're familiar with maintaining a PC and like tinkering with programs, you'll know that you need to periodically disable or get rid of accumulating programs that automatically run processes.
All Things Appy: Top 5 Android Apps for Outdoor Adventures
December 20, 2013
Accelerometers, GPS receivers and other sensors in your smartphone let you track your outdoor activities in ways that go beyond just the common map. In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the top five free apps for exploring, including options for fine-tuning your GPS, measuring headings and bearings, logging your tracks and reckoning distance.
Kazam Screen-Recording: Do Try This at Home
December 19, 2013
Kazam is a screencasting and screenshot application that shows much potential, but it is not yet fully suitable for anything more than personal use. Screen-recording tools are a step or two beyond single-frame screen-capture applications. Kazam performs both functions and can record input from the computer's microphone as well as from the speakers.
'Systems Performance': A Definitive Guide for the Cloud Enterprise
December 17, 2013
Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud is a must-have reference guide for any IT manager or sysadmin whose job involves working with computer systems that are tethered to the cloud. Author Brendan Gregg is no newcomer to writing definitive books on computer networks and system performance, but his latest release could well be his best work so far.
DaisyDisk Helps Keep Your Hard Drive Fresh
December 17, 2013
Since the dawn of personal computing, managing storage has been a persistent challenge. Certainly the pressure has eased up on the desktop with the proliferation of 1 TB hard drives, but for laptops and lightweight notebooks, the struggle continues. One of the problems with grappling with all the data on a hard drive is transparency. Eyeballing thousands of file names in the Finder is both tiresome and inefficient.
'Anchorman' Scotchy Toss App Might Be Better After a Shot or 2
December 16, 2013
One of the best side effects of Apple's app ecosystem is spinoffs -- in addition to great games and apps for most everything imaginable, successful franchises can create apps to keep stoking the adoration of fans. If you haven't noticed the invasion of Duck Dynasty-branded merchandise in department stores everywhere, you might have stumbled upon the surprisingly delightful Battle of the Beards app.
All Things Appy: 5 Best Chrome Apps for Book Lovers
December 13, 2013
Books in a multimedia environment bring certain advantages not available on paper alone or via classic audiobooks. Among those advantages are audio accompaniment for text and cloud syncing of notes and highlights. Add to that the lower distribution costs of multimedia over paper and the browser becomes a good tool for books. You don't need an e-reader or a tablet.
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December 13, 2013
As a smartphone app reviewer, I often like to include a bit of explanation for why I choose to review the apps that I do. It adds a bit of human interest, and can make for a more enjoyable read. This week, the story is especially exciting. This is a review of D-Link's Mydlink+ remote security camera Android app add-on, and I can explain the reason for the review in one word: goats.
Turn Your World Into Vibrant Comic Life
December 10, 2013
Comic Life's latest incarnation has some really useful new additions: a script editor, new filters, a background knockout feature and some new fill options. With great new features, though, come greater complexity and greater demands on screen real estate, which can make the software more difficult to use for newbies and challenging to manage on Macs with smaller screens.
Tweetbot 3 Makes Your Twitter Timeline a Thing of Beauty
December 09, 2013
Let's get this clear up front: I am not a Twitter expert. I've used multiple accounts for different purposes; I enjoy following a few personalities; I like searching through Twitter. Until now, I've rarely bothered to tweet or mess with Twitter on my iPhone or iPad, preferring to use the standard browser-based method on my Mac. I know I'm missing out, though.
If You're Jonesing for a 2nd Screen, Air Display Is a Nifty Fix
December 06, 2013
I was intrigued when I came across Air Display, an Android app that lets you use your tablet as a second screen. Second PC displays definitely boost work productivity. I've been using two displays for years, keeping my email client open all the time on the left screen -- a laptop display -- and work-work on the right screen. I'm able to monitor incoming junk mail without having to stop working.
Mailplane Gives Gmail a Nice Lift
December 03, 2013
Gmail may not be the prettiest email program in the world. Yahoo Mail is easier on the eye. Microsoft's Outlook online has a clean and modern appeal. Nevertheless, many of us use Gmail -- warts and all -- so any app that adds utility to the Google offering can be worthwhile. Mailplane has been around for six years, but its developers have given it a makeover in this latest edition.
Zamurai Whiteboard App Makes Brainstorming a Breeze
December 02, 2013
If you've spent a good portion of your life sitting around a table with colleagues who need to plan and strategize, then you've likely used old-school markers to jot notes on sheets of white paper -- or on dry-erase whiteboards. There is a better way. Enter Zamurai Mobile Whiteboard for iOS, a well-designed app that lets you drag and drop handy and commonly used icons onto your whiteboard.
MacBooster Can Help Keep Your Mac Humming
November 26, 2013
Surf over to the Mac App Store, and you'll find plenty of utilities for keeping your Apple personal computer in tip-top shape. There are tools for freeing up RAM and cleaning files from disks and thoroughly uninstalling apps. Have you ever wished, however, that you had a an app to perform all those tasks under the same hood? IObit is doing that with MacBooster.
Clumsy Ninja May Tug Your Heartstrings
November 25, 2013
NaturalMotion first wowed Apple fans at last year's September Apple event with a tantalizing demo of a new game, Clumsy Ninja, which was teased to hit iOS sometime during the 2012 holiday season. Santa came and went, and no little kids played Clumsy Ninja. And then boom, Apple reveals Clumsy Ninja as an Editor's Choice app in the iTunes App Store with, get this, a video trailer.
All Things Appy: Top 5 Language Tools for Firefox
November 22, 2013
In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the top five free tools for Firefox that will help you navigate the polyglot world. The PC-based browser is well-suited to languages, and in this week's piece we recommend the best pop-up dictionary along with a multilanguage search tool and highly efficient translator engines that are superior to hard-copy dictionaries.
GoToMyPC for Android Shines With Striking Simplicity
November 22, 2013
If you've had any technical support dealings recently, you may have experienced the wonders of a tech agent taking over your PC remotely -- with your permission -- and running ghostly commands and installs using remote-access software. I saw this first-hand recently when a Microsoft support engineer had to repair a failed Office installation on a machine of mine.
Baseball Simulation App Hits One Out of the Park
November 19, 2013
With the Major League Baseball season over, some fans of the American national pastime have started to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Others are hashing over the past season and mulling the next in Hot Stove Leagues. Out Of The Park baseball should bring a smile to both these groups of diamond followers. The baseball simulation game lets a baseball fan experience the game from outside the lines.
Oceanhorn Taps Zelda's Goodness in All-New iOS Adventure
November 18, 2013
Oceanhorn is a delightfully odd adventure game for iOS, at once fresh and yet heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda, a classic title from the days when Nintendo ruled video gaming. Beyond evoking fond memories of exploring a wide open land while trying to save a princess, Oceanhorn is interesting because it's on iOS. Success? Definitely. It's a fun diversion.
All Things Appy: 5 Best Windows 8 Apps for the Home
November 15, 2013
Here's a look at the top five free Windows 8 apps for the home. Among the offerings covered in this week's All Things Appy are apps for Windows 8-based home-tech hacking on the cheap -- or not so cheap -- plus cooking, home repair, gawking and some spiritual guidance. Remodelista, for example, includes some great ideas for repurposing, including door mats made from recycled fire hoses.
CamScanner Delivers Document Freedom on the Go
November 15, 2013
If you've been trying to keep an aging all-in-one printer out of the graveyard, forget it. Move on. I've been banging my head against the wall with a bunch of space-hogging Dell printers. I had an 8-year-old, office-grey laser printer for manuscripts and an equally old and grumpy faded-white scanner-fax-printer inkjet combo for which the cartridge nozzles kept drying out, still half full of ink.
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Oklahoma National Guard gets new helicopters
The Oklahoma Army National Guard is getting four new helicopters to replace a fleet of 30-year-old aircraft.
The guard said Thursday it will receive four UH-72A "Lakota" helicopters in 2013. The helicopters will replace four OH-58C "Kiowa" helicopters that the guard has used for more than 30 years.
The first two new helicopters are to arrive in April, with the other two coming in May.
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WITH the endorsement of the Country Rugby League, the Sydney Roosters is pleased to announce the formation of an alliance with Central Coast Division Rugby League.
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THE New Zealand Warriors have overcome a depleted yet spirited Gold Coast Titans 24-16 in front of 18, 753 fans at CBUS Super Stadium tonight.
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THE Wests Tigers have trounced the Gold Coast Titans 42 points to 12 in front of 12,038 fans at Cbus Super Stadium this afternoon.
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New Hunger Games 2,Catching Fire Cinna & Beetee spoilers dished out by the cast. As previously reported, USA Today served up new spoiler dish for the upcoming "Catching Fire" action/drama flick with the help of some of the cast and crew. And in this segment, we learned new info about Beetee and Cinna. Cinna will making a few political statements through Katniss' outfits, and Beetee will be a disciple of Nikola Tesla.
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- Summary: Set in luscious environments, featuring a variety of delightful characters, Chimpact is a game that really is top of its class. Collect bunches of bananas in each stage, as well as exploring every nook and cranny to find the hidden gems. Discover secret paths, avoid obstacles and time your jumps to perfection in this gorgeous jungle adventure.AWESOME GAME FEATURES• Simple, one-touch gameplay with universal appeal.• Stunning visuals and character design.• Three worlds to explore with 12 levels each. • Two different game modes to beat - Gem Quest and Totem Trail!• Bananas and hidden gems to collect and achievements to unlock.• Eight abilities and four cool chimps to unlock.• Over 150 challenge medallions to earn.• Universal; plays great on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.For more information or support, please visit www.chillingo,com… Collapse
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Aug 16, 2012I found it to be rather fun and addictive, and while it looks simple in the beginning, it quickly gets difficult, presenting a real challenge. Perfectionists will spend some time getting everything in here.
Aug 16, 2012Chimpact is the Peggle-style gameplay we love with a story and level design reminiscent of platformers.
Aug 15, 2012Ultimately, If there's one thing working against Chimpact, it's just how simple it is. The game gets repetitive after a while, and even with different game modes, it never feels different enough to keep me coming back in my moments of mobile addiction.
Aug 14, 2012A fun little monkey-flinger, Chimpact is an entirely forgettable, overwhelmingly cheerful slice of twee gaming nonsense.
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An electroactive motor in which actuators move forward step by step between two elastically compressed surfaces.
1. A stepping motor comprising plural expansion actuators positioned between opposite surfaces of a stator, a resilient flexible material interposed between said actuators and one surface of said stator, means for holding the actuators between the other of said surfaces and said material, and means for expanding said actuators alternately and cyclically against said other of said surfaces and said material, said flexible material being comprised of a flexible steel band having a toothed underside, said band being vulcanized to said one surface by means of an elastic rubber layer.
2. A stepping motor as defined in claim 1, including second resilient flexible material interposed between said actuators and the other of said surfaces, said second resilient flexible material being comprised of a flexible steel band having a toothed underside, and being vulcanized to the other of said surfaces by means of an elastic rubber layer.
3. A stepping motor comprising at least three expansion actuators positioned between surfaces of a stator, a resilient flexible material interposed between said actuators and one of said surfaces, means for holding the actuators between the other of said surfaces and said material in a direction orthogonal to an advancing direction, and means for expanding said actuators alternately cyclically, whereby they are advanced in a stepwise manner in said advancing direction.
4. A stepping motor as defined in claim 3, including a resilient flexible material interposed between said actuators and another of said surfaces.
5. A stepping motor as defined in claim 4, in which at least one of said resilient flexible material is comprised of a flexible steel band having a toothed underside, and being vulcanized to a corresponding one of said surfaces by means of an elastic rubber layer.
6. A stepping motor as defined in claim 5, in which alternately, two outer actuators expand together and an inner actuator expands alone.
7. A stepping motor comprising plural expansion actuators positioned between opposite portions of a surface of a circular drive element, a resilient flexible material in the form of an elliptically compressed cylinder interposed between said actuators and said surface, said cylinder torsionally engaging with said opposite surface portions by means of tongue and groove means, and means for expanding said actuators alternately and cyclically whereby one of said drive element and said actuators is advanced.
8. A stepping motor as defined in claim 7 in which said opposite portions are located on a circular inner periphery of said drive element.
9. A stepping motor as defined in claim 7, including an armature which is tiltable about its middle point located in the centre of the cylinder interfacing said actuators.
10. A stepping motor as defined in claim 9, including a cylinder elliptically compressed by the armature, having external teeth which engage internal teeth of said drive element, and having at least two more teeth than said drive element, the armature being pivotable.
11. A stepping motor as defined in claim 7, further including expansion actuator columns having magnetically operated and spring-return coupling keys adjacent their central axes for compensating for play of said actuators.
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for converting mechanical oscillations of electrically driven actuators into mechanical movements.
Electromotors which convert electrical into mechanical energy by means of the electromagnetic principle have the disadvantage that there is electrical and mechanical inertia at the rotors.
Actuatorelectric drives in which either an inverted piezoelectric effect on polarized crystals, magnetostrictive effects or the like are used, lead one to expect low inertias. In such cases it is necessary to arrange actuators in series, in order to form a longer stroke from the oscillating travel of the actuators when alternating voltage is applied. Various suggestions have been made in this connection.
One of these suggestions hydraulically converts the slight stroke of an actuator into a longer stroke according to the principle of variable piston surfaces. The disadvantage of this suggestion, however, is that the overall size of the structure is excessive and the hydraulic unit easily begins to leak.
In so-called ultrasound motors, e.g. the rotary control drive described in patent publication EP 0 112 454 B1, the main problem is the mechanical wear at the contact point between piezoelectric crystal actuator and rotor which, in most cases, restricts its life or even makes operation impossible, particularly in small structures.
Low-wear surface coatings and soft intermediate layers were suggested which soften the hard impact of the actuator end on the rotor. However, the problems are not adequately solved with these structures.
The so-called inchworm motor also has disadvantages of this type. Two piezoelectric crystal sleeves are wedged in a round guide shaft, whereby a longitudinal piezoelectric crystal located between them ensures that a corresponding unclamped sleeve is advanced within the shaft. Its operation is quite heavily dependent on the wear between the piezoelectric sleeve and shaft.
It was also suggested that piezoelectric crystals be allowed to radially or angularly strike against a rotor in an oscillating manner. However tangential and radial oscillation amplitudes cannot be cleanly separated even at the control side and, therefore, additional wear results.
The very slight stroke of the actuators is easily offset by play and wear in the mechanical arrangement and the device thus made ineffective. Otherwise, the structure must be made appropriately rigid and precise and is thus expensive.
These problems occur in linear motors, as well as in rotary motors and piezoelectric crystals and also when using other actuators.
An object of the invention is to improve an actuatorelectric motor and its electronic control in such a way that these disadvantages are eliminated.
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, in a method for converting mechanical oscillations of electrically driven actuators into mechanical movements, actuators move forward in steps between two elastically prestressed surfaces of an output drive element.
Embodiments of the invention are described in greater detail below with reference to the following drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a section C--C through a linear motor
FIG. 2 is a section B--B through a linear motor
FIG. 3 is a section A--A through a linear motor
FIG. 4 is a detail from a linear motor
FIGS. 5 and 6 are a basic diagram from a linear motor
FIG. 7 is a section D--D through a rotary motor
FIG. 8 is a section E--E through a rotary motor
FIG. 9 is a cut of a rotary motor combined with a drive
FIGS. 10-17 are phase diagrams of a rotary motor
FIGS. 18 and 19 are a frequency diagram of a rotary motor
FIG. 20 is a circuit diagram of control electronics for actors
FIG. 21 is a cut-off diagram
In FIGS. 1-6, a cover plate 2 is situated opposite a base plate 1. Both represent the stator of the linear motor and thus a guide rail having any length desired. Armature 6 slides between base plate 1 and cover plate 2. Three actors 11, 13, 14, which expand in direction of arrow 16 when voltage is applied, and two actors 10 and 12, which expand in direction of arrow 15 when voltage is applied, are located in the armature 6. Actors 13 and 14 are only half as wide as actor 11.
Actors 11, 13 and 14 have a thin friction lining on the surface facing the cover plate 2 and base plate 1. A flat spring strip 18 with a rubber strip 17 vulcanized in between them is fastened to the base plate 1 and secured with screws 18'.
Armature 6 is guided in a sliding manner by dovetail guides 19 in cover plate 2 and base plate 1.
By prestressing base plate 1 and cover plate 2, the rubber strip 17 which has been vulcanized in and the steel spring band 18 are compressed by the unexpanded actuators 11, 13, 14 over their area (FIG. 4), so that they are constantly under surface pressure. When the actuators 11, 13, 14 are expanded, the compression increases. The steel spring band 18 is connected to the base plate 1 at the beginning and end of the base plate 1 so as to be tension-proof. It is toothed diagonally to the feed direction 15a on its side facing the rubber layer 17, so that it is flexurally slack in this direction and resistant to bending in cross direction.
Actuators 10, 11 and 12 are fitted into armature 6 in such a way that they are slidable in the direction of arrow 15a in armature 6 by the mechanical lift of an actuator 10 or 12. The elastic disk 21 is provided as compensation. Actuators 11 and 12 are supported on actuator 11 or armature 6, respectively.
When actuators 11 is acted upon by voltage, it further compresses the rubber strip 17 via steel spring band 18, so that actuators 13 and 14 are released (FIG. 6) and can move freely. When actuators 13 and 14 are acted upon by voltage, the same occurs (FIG. 5) and actuator 11 can move freely.
If armature 6 is now moved in the direction of arrow 15a, then the individual actuators are supplied with power via cable 20 and are controlled as follows:
expand actuator 11, it wedges tightly.
expand actuator 10
actuator 12 by the same lift
actuation results:
armature 6 advances
actuators 13 and 14 advance
actuators 13 and 14 expand, and wedge tightly.
actuator 11 contracts, and unclamps.
actuator 10 contracts
actuator 12 expands by the same lift
as a result of which:
actuator 11 advances
In this case, the respectively expanded actuators 11 or 13 and 14 always support armature 6 vis-a-vis the guide rails 1 and 2 via their friction linings 31 and take over feeding power.
The desired linear movement results from the repeating control sequences a. and b. The direction can be determined by changing the sequence appropriately.
The rotary motor in FIGS. 7 and 8 works, in essence, like the linear motor. Instead of the rubber strip 17 and the steel spring band 18, it has the cylinder 21, prestressed in an elliptically spring-like manner by actuator columns 25, 26 and 27, the cylinder 21 being torsionally mounted so as to slide radially with two adjusting springs 23 in corresponding grooves of the housing 22. Cylinder 21 is already elliptically deformed in an unexpanded state by actuator columns 25, 26 and 27 and is then further deformed by the actuator lift.
The motor output part 32 is pivoted with ball bearings 47 and 47' in housing 22. The motor output part 32' is comprised of both flanges 49 and 49', connections 32' and partitions 32" which are held together by adjustable bolts 50.
Actuator columns 25, and opposite thereto, actuator columns 26 and 27 oscillate about the centre of the cylinder 21 on shaft 24. Actuator columns 25 each contain 2 actuators, dependent on the construction, which work together via a structural bridging of shaft 24. When actuators 27 and 28 expand, then they press cylinder 21 even more elliptically via their friction lining 31 and release actuators 31, 32, 29 and 30, so that these can oscillate freely.
Actuator columns 26 and 27, and opposite thereto, 25 are set swinging by oscillating actuators 35 and 36, mounted on the one hand in the ball bearings 33 in motor output part 32' and on the other hand in ball bearing 34 in the actuator columns 25, 26, 27. There are, of course, also corresponding oscillating actuators 35' and 36' for actuator columns 25 and 27, but these are not shown.
As a result of the cyclical control of the, in total, 12 actuators in the rotary motor, FIGS. 7 and 8, the motor output part rotates as per FIGS. 10-17. Lines 40 and 41 in the diagrams FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 show the desired rotation resulting from the individual runs of the actors in the cylinder 21.
Settling and wear in the actuators 27-32 and 11, 13 and 14 are compensated by the spring reset path of cylinder 21 or by steel spring band 18 and rubber layer 17 and of oscillating actuators 35, 36, 35' and 36' by the spring-coupling keys 41, 42, 43, which are constantly drawn outward, when in operation, by a magnetic coil 44 and an armature 45 and, at rest, back again by pressure spring 46.
In the method of the invention, at least 3 expansion actuators are adjacent to the one another diagonally to direction of feed, whereby they are supported, constantly alternating, first the middle one, then the two outer ones, on an elastically prestressed output element. Feed actuators, which act in the direction of feed, produce the feed power thereby so that they support themselves between the respectively wedged expansion actuator(s) and the armature. The respectively retracted expansion actuator is thus without load and can swing back without friction in the free space held open by the other expansion actuator.
The actuators are thus secured against breakage since they always strike against a damping element instead of against a hard rotor. The wear between friction lining 31 and the elastic output element is also minimized, since the expansion actuators and the oscillating actuators are completely electronically controlled, separately, without overlapping. In addition, the elastically prestressed output element also perhaps automatically compensates wear since it always immediately restores. Furthermore, only low-wear static frictions occur, and not high-wear sliding frictions, and the static friction surfaces can be made rather large, so that the relative surface pressure is low.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the elastic cylinder 21 can also have external teeth 50, as in FIG. 9, with which it rollingly engages in internal teeth 51 in support 52, whereby the external teeth have at least 2 more teeth. The motor output part 32" must be rotating in this embodiment and the power supplied by collectors. These drives, which have become known as harmonic drive, enable a large momentary gearing in connection with the actorelectric motor of the invention.
In FIG. 20: 60' is Vmax, 61 is an odometer, 62 a piezoelectric actuator, 63 is an output MOS FET, 64 a desired lift signal, 65 is a desired/actual comparator, 66 an actual lift signal, 67 is a cut-off device.
In FIG. 21: 68 is a V lift axis, 69 is a Vmax=max. lift curve, 70 is partial lift level, 71 is a cut-off point.
Preferably, according to the invention, piezoelectric actuators are used. As these represent an electric capacitor with considerable capacity, the piezoelectric actuator is acted upon with energy via a quick-break switch, such as e.g. output MOS-FET 63. The voltage applied corresponds to the voltage for the full lift of the piezoelectric actuator. Since the piezoelectric actuator acts as an electrical integral, the lift is integratedly carried out over the time of the piezoelectric actuator. The lift is measured via an odometer system or integratingly via a piezoelectric sensor disk in the piezoelectric actuator itself. If the piezoelectric sensor has passed through the desired path, the energy supply is switched off. This disconnecting process must take place quickly enough in order to maintain the lift in the path/tolerance limit. A MOSFET output signal in connection with disconnecting steps such as reduction of the gate-source voltage after the MOSFET has been passed through to the hold voltage make this possible. A pressure-sensitive sensor disk 60 can also be used as odometer system, from the signal of which a path signal is produced via integration.
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