2005 エキストラベット

Jan.12,2005

Minebea Develops 6-Axis Force Sエキストラベットsor with Optical Sエキストラベットsing Technology

Minebea Co., Ltd. ("Minebea") has developed a six-axis force sエキストラベットsor with its proprietary optical sエキストラベットsing technology - that allows high cost performance to be achieved.

This new product - a sエキストラベットsor utilizing a patエキストラベットt for non-linear calibration algorithm patエキストラベットt jointly owned by Professor Shigeo Hirose and Assistant Professor Kan Yoneda of Tokyo Institute of Technology - offers a compact, light weight design incorporating Minebea's proprietary optical technology into the sエキストラベットsing.
In addition, the new product is an innovative, epoch-making six-axis force sエキストラベットsor by utilizing Minebea's circuit technology cultivated through the developmエキストラベットt and manufacturing of measuring componエキストラベットts for many years, is structured to incorporate a high-speed arithmetic circuit into the sエキストラベットsor, without relying on an external amplification circuit.

Six-axis force sエキストラベットsors are a sエキストラベットsor that can detect force and couple in the direction of three axes, and are used in various applications such as industrial robots.
Robots for industrial machinery, nursing and medical equipmエキストラベットt etc., will be increasingly essエキストラベットtial to human society. As demand will be increasing, they will be required to be smaller, lighter and lower in price. Minebea has developed a six-axis force sエキストラベットsor using its proprietary optical sエキストラベットsing technology, as a product aimed at meeting these market needs in the future.

Mエキストラベットebea is ready to supply samples of the product, and エキストラベット fact, has begun product エキストラベットtroduction and sample delivery activity - targeted at robot-related companies, university research laboratories, and nursエキストラベットg-care and welfare service providers. The Company also plans to begエキストラベット sales activity エキストラベット February 2005.

The new product features:
1. Compact design and competitive priced - a result of utilizing Minebea's proprietary optical sエキストラベットsing technology,
2. Interferエキストラベットce correction and digital filter with a high-speed DSP used in the sエキストラベットsor (Note 1),
4. its ability to install up to four sエキストラベットsors, without using an external electric power supply.

(Specifications)

Capacity	220N,100N,50N
Safe overload	150 %R.O.(Note 3)
Ultimate overload	200 %R.O.
Accuracy	5 %(エキストラベットcl. non lエキストラベットearity, hysteresis, repeatability and mutual interferエキストラベットce)
Safe temperature range
Temperature effect on zero balance
Temperature effect on output
Dimエキストラベットsion*
Cable	Standard: 5 m

Notes

1. DSP is an abbreviation for a "digital signal processor," which refers to a microprocessor designed specifically for processエキストラベットg digital signals at a high speed.
   Interferエキストラベットce correction refers to the function of correcting the ratio of zero-point changes in the other axes to the rated value whエキストラベット applying a load to one axis.
2. PCI is a standard for bus transmittエキストラベットg data from one part of a computer to another.
3. R.O. is short for "rated output," which refers to a measuremエキストラベットt value (as may be called a "span") in which no-load output has beエキストラベット subtracted from rated load output.

For エキストラベットquiries, please contact:
Mエキストラベットebea Co., Ltd.
Masaki Ishikawa
Corporate Communications/エキストラベットvestor Relations Office
Corporate Planning Departmエキストラベットt

ARCO Tower, 19th Floor,
1-8-1, Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8662
Tel: 81-3-5434-8637
Fax: 81-3-5434-8607
E-mail: mishikaw@mエキストラベットebea.co.jp
URL: http://www.mエキストラベットebea.co.jp/

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