DESIGNING A ROBOTIC ARM GRIPPER FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD IN SOLDERING APPLICATION

Abstract

With an advancement in the science and technology, the sensitivity of a mechanical system is towards the real time application, is of greater concern. A robot in which the applications are utilized in the day-day operations must be able to grasp the object with more firmness and the delicacy. Our approach are been inspired with a gripper, which is used to grip objects placed near by it. It starts search for the object and tries to grab it via gripper, which will acts as “Hand of Arm”. If the object is gripped it will return to its home position. The main objective is to make designs on the printed circuit board in soldering process by using lead. The flow of lead should be in continuous according to the need. So in order to get proper design on the printed circuit board, the inductive proximity sensors have been implemented and is been used for measuring the nearby objects without any physical contact. In this a general grip force is applied by the gripper which should be compatible with the human grip force. Finger tip of the gripper should tactically apply a grip force while holding up as well as allowing the flow of lead.