Toyama Machine Works, Ltd.

Toshio Nagahara

Kita Junichi

Shigetaka Tani

A balancing device which may be used in an industrial robot includes a feed screw for moving a robot arm in one direction. The arm and its associated mechanisms impart a torque to the screw which is a load on the drive motor. A balancing feed screw is connected to the main screw and, under the influence of a controlled pressure fluid driven piston, serves to balance the load.

Balancing device

A control device for a balancer includes a load detector for determining the torque exerted on a driving screw attributable to the load driven and supported thereby. A fluid pressure control device increases or decreases the pressure input to a balancing torque generator in response to the detected load at a given time instant.

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Toyama, Japan

Toshio Nagahara