Sealing arrangement, industrial robot and method
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsÅke Öberg, Shanghua Li, Jiangwei Huang
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Abstract
Sealing arrangement including a sealing element arranged to seal a gap between a proximal member and a distal member, the sealing element including a sealing material configured to withstand a temperature of at least 100° C.; and a heating element arranged to heat the sealing material to at least 70° C. An industrial robot including at least one sealing arrangement and a method for sterilizing a sealing element are also provided.
Claims20
An industrial robot comprising at least one sealing arrangement, wherein the sealing arrangement comprises:
- a sealing element arranged to seal a gap between a proximal member and a distal member, the sealing element having an outer surface that is flush with an outer surface of the proximal member and an outer surface of the distal member, the sealing element including a sealing material configured to withstand a temperature of at least 100° C.;
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- a heating element arranged to heat the sealing material to at least 70° C.
A method for sterilizing a sealing element of an industrial robot, the method comprising:
- providing the industrial robot;
- providing the sealing element arranged to seal a gap between a proximal member and a distal member of the industrial robot, the sealing element having an outer surface that is flush with an outer surface of the proximal member and an outer surface of the distal member, the sealing element including a sealing material configured to withstand a temperature of at least 100° C.;
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- heating the sealing material to at least 70° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.