ACTUATION PRINCIPLE SELECTION – AN EXAMPLE FOR TRADE-OFF ASSESSMENT BY CPM-APPROACH

DS 68-4: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Impacting Society through Engineering Design, Vol. 4: Product and Systems Design, Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.-19.08.2011

Year: 2011
Editor: Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Lindemann, U.
Author: Erbe, Torsten; Weber, Christian; Paetzold, Kristin
Series: ICED
Section: Product and Systems Design
Page(s): 222-229

Abstract

The generation of motion is a task of many technical systems. Customized drive systems formulate the challenge of the selection of a suitable actuator during the development of drive systems. Common approaches and tools for actuator selection are limited to the selection of known actuators out of a database. However, especially at the cutting edge of technology conflicts of requirements complicate the selection of a suitable actuator or even actuation principle. This paper uses the CPM / PDD approach to describe a concept of visualizing the properties and characteristics of actuator-principles in order to identify potential for influence by the designer. Based on the context precision engineering, measures to meet conflicting objectives and to identify convenient characteristics for adaption as well as limitations of the proposed approach are discussed.

Keywords: REQUIREMENT MANAGEMENT; DECISION-AID; CPM/PDD; ACTUATOR SELECTION

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