Finger Starts from
Home Position - Both
Joints Move with
Motor
Clutch Engaged -
Threaded Shaft
Rotates with the
Clutch Gear
Inner Link
Contacts an
Object -
Clutch
Disengages
Clutch
Disengaged and
"Free-wheeling"
Down the
Threaded Shaft
Fingertip Continues to
Close while the Inner
Link Holds Position
Clutch Near End
of Travel on
Threaded Shaft
when Fingertip
Contacts Object
Figure 30 - TorqueSwitch™ Operation
The force required to cause the TorqueSwitch™ to disengage can be set using the properties,
IVEL, IOFF, IHIT, and OT. Barrett Technology recommends that users should not change IVEL,
IOFF, and IHIT from their default values. The following Breakaway force Curve can be repeated
by using OT with the default values.
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