Design System of Super Elastic Hinges and its Application to Micro-manipulators.

In order to develop a micro manipulator system for micro-bonding by adhesive, the characteristics of super elastic hinges made of super elastic materials, for example, made of shape memory alloy, have been analyzed and represented in the form of charts which enable rational design of the mechanisms as micromanipulators. Making use of the characteristic charts ; shapes and size of hinges can be directly considered in the determination of kinematic parameters of the pantograph mechanism with super elastic hinges. The effective performance of the design system is demonstrated with an example of the manipulator for micro-bonding by adhesive.