The present study examined the perception of smallholder pineapple farmers on Global GAP standard compliance, assessed compliant farmers’ rate of adherence to standard requirements, and compared the average farm profit of Global GAP compliant and non-compliant pineapple farmers in Akuapem South Municipal Area of Ghana. The study used mainly farm level data solicited from 150 randomly selected p...

1. Abstract In recent years, a compliant mechanism has been paid to attention as a new mechanism to replace a traditional rigid link mechanism and the use of compliant mechanisms in mechanical products, medical instruments and MEMS can be expected to increase. In our previous research, we focused on a vehicle suspension as a promising application target of a compliant mechanism and proposed an ...

Compliant mechanism is a single piece elastic structure which can deform to perform the assigned task. In this paper, the compliant mechanisms are evolved using a constraint based bi-objective optimization formulation which requires one user defined parameter (η). This user defined parameter limits a gap between a desired path and an actual path traced by the compliantmechanism. The non-linear ...

In many applications, robots can benefit from compliant elements integrated in their structure: Shock resistance and superior force control performance are two out of many advantages compared to stiff robots. In contrast, stiff robots are often superior compared to compliant (soft) robots in terms of position accuracy and bandwidth. We are trying to merge the best of these two worlds by combini...

Unlike conventional mechanisms, compliant mechanisms produce the desired deformations by exploiting elastic strain. The mobility of a mechanism is number independent coordinates needed to define configuration mechanism. corresponding concept applicable so-called pseudo-mobility defined as scalar parameters identify one single deformation In case with multiple pseudo-mobility, only synthesis app...

A procedure to obtain a topology of an optimal structure considering flexibility is presented. The methodology is based on a mutual energy concept for formulation of flexibility and the homogenization method. A multi-objective optimization problem is formulated as an application of compliant mechanism design. Some examples of the design of compliant mechanisms for plane structures are presented...

The machining precision in the scroll compressor with the compliant crank mechanism is not required so high as that with the fixed throw crank, but the sealing performance is better than the later's, therefore the scroll compressor with the compliant crank mechanism operates at higher efficiency. In this study, the characters of the compliant crank mechanism are discussed, while the Oldham coup...