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Chinese Journal of Engineering Design  2022, Vol. 29 Issue (1): 41-50    DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1006-754X.2022.00.007
Optimization Design     
Design and optimization of permanent magnet adsorption device for wheel-legged wall-climbing robot
ZHONG Dao-fang, TIAN Ying, ZHANG Ming-lu
School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401
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Abstract  At present, maintenance operations such as derusting, painting and testing of petrochemical storage tanks in my country are usually completed manually, which is inefficient and dangerous. The wall-climbing robot can complete the above maintenance work instead of manual work, but its frequently-used contact permanent magnet adsorption method will affect its obstacle-surmounting operation. Therefore, aiming at the wheel-legged wall-climbing robot with obstacle-surmounting ability, a design and optimization method for improving the adsorption capacity of its permanent magnet adsorption device was proposed. Firstly, based on the principle of obstacle-surmounting and permanent magnet adsorption of the wheel-legged wall-climbing robot, four design schemes of non-contact permanent magnet adsorption device were proposed. The two-dimensional static magnetic field simulation analysis for the permanent magnet adsorption device was carried out by the Ansoft Maxwell software, and its optimal structure was obtained. Then, through force analysis, the structural parameters affecting the magnetic adsorption force of the permanent magnet adsorption device were determined. Finally, based on the principle of control variable method, the influence of structural parameters of permanent magnet adsorption device and steel wall on the magnetic adsorption force was analyzed through simulation, and the optimal value of each structural parameter was determined. The results showed that when the radius of steel wall was 10-14 m, the gap between adjacent permanent magnet adsorption units and the number of permanent magnet adsorption unit had a relatively great influence on the magnetic adsorption force; when the gap between adjacent permanent magnet adsorption units was 2-4 mm and the number of permanent magnet adsorption unit was 3-5, the utilization rate of magnetic adsorption force was relatively high. Experiments under certain conditions had verified the accuracy of optimization results. After optimization,the measured value of the magnetic adsorption force of the permanent magnet adsorption device was about 16.45% higher than the simulated value on average, and the optimized device could effectively ensure the stable movement of the wheel-legged wall-climbing robot on the steel wall of petrochemical storage tanks. The research results can provide reference for the structural design and optimization of the magnetic adsorption device.

Received: 19 January 2021      Published: 28 February 2022
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ZHONG Dao-fang, TIAN Ying, ZHANG Ming-lu. Design and optimization of permanent magnet adsorption device for wheel-legged wall-climbing robot. Chinese Journal of Engineering Design, 2022, 29(1): 41-50.

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