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Development of a Twisting Vacuum Bellows.

Y. Suetsugu, Masamitsu Shiraishi, Takashi Mishiba, Yuichi Ohno

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A vacuum bellows assembly that can follow a twist motion around the axis is designed and developed. The bellows assembly consists of two normal bellows sections and a special bellows section with a corrugation oblique to the axis. A trial model with a total length of 400 mm and an inner diameter of 100 mm is able to absorb the twist up to about ± 22° (44° in total) within a twisting torque of 120 kg · cm while keeping the length constant. The bellows assembly can also follow easily the usual bending, shifting, expanding and contracting motion.

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Key concepts: Bellows, Twist, Bending, Structural engineering, Mechanical engineering, Torque, Materials science, Physics