MASTER ARM AND FORCE FEED BACK

 

Clansman Dynamics has developed and patented a Master Arm and force feed back system which solves well known problems that have existed with competitors' machines since they were first developed 25 years ago.

 

The system uses the standard Master Arm / Slave Arm principle but with a completely different, and now well proven, arrangement. The logic of the new arrangement is best seen if each of these problems is considered in turn:

 

Tired arms arise for 2 reasons:

  • With competitors' manipulators the operator grips the control handle and has no support for his own lower arm. The Clansman arrangement provides 100% support to the operator's arm regardless of the position of the Master Arm and does not tire the operator's arm.
     

  • With competitors' manipulators the operator always has to overcome a load caused by seal friction and the force of the force feed back system itself. With the new Clansman arrangement the operator only has to work against the tiny friction force from low friction bearings while he keeps the Master Arm synchronised with the Slave Arm. The Clansman system of force feed back does not tire the operator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key design features

 

The Clansman solution provides a very precise, comfortable, robust and easy to maintain Master Arm.

  • Force feed back is electric and not hydraulic

  • Very precise, comfortable, robust

  • Cast aluminium handle

  • Microswitch life of 10 million operations

  • Components are well-proven commercially

  • Variable increasing feedback