Metering apparatus
AssigneeMarco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
InventorsMartin Reuter, Paul Reuter
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for metering a medium comprising a base element provided for fastening to a robot, a metering valve movably supported at the base element, and at least one piezo actuator by which the metering valve is movable relative to the base element.
Claims20
A metering apparatus for metering a medium, the metering apparatus comprising:
- a base element provided for fastening to a robot,
- a metering valve movably supported at the base element, and
- at least one piezo actuator by which the metering valve is movable relative to the base element.
A metering system comprising a robot and a metering apparatus fastened thereto, wherein the metering apparatus comprises a base element provided for fastening to the robot, a metering valve movably supported at the base element, and at least one piezo actuator by which the metering valve is movable relative to the base element.
A method of metering a medium by means of a metering system that comprises a robot and a metering valve movably supported at the robot,
- wherein the metering valve is traveled in a first direction by the robot and is simultaneously moved relative to the robot in the first direction by means of at least one first piezo actuator and in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so that a metering needle of the metering valve describes a cycloid in a plane spanned by the first and second directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.