135963 20260218073519.0 doi 10.1080/15397734.2024.2353326 sideral 138984 ART-2024-138984 eng (orcid)0000-0001-9162-9215 Bianchi, Edoardo Universidad de Zaragoza Design and development of a not actively driven modular device for parts feeding and sorting 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The current paper focuses on developing and designing a not actively driven module for material handling operations in the field of intra-logistic. This device, belonging to the class of systems known as smart surfaces, is planned to be assembled with others to create manipulative arrays. As a novel feature, the reported concept aims to generate the frictional forces required for surface operation avoiding motors and with a simplified design. The article not only presents the design of the concept, but also the analytic models used to describe its operation and handling forces. In addition, a characterization of the fundamental parameters and the validation of the mentioned analytic descriptions together with the functioning itself are reported. As result, the analysis and the measurements presented show a real solution for a not actively driven concept, along with a methodology to characterize it and predict its handling capabilities. Specifically, the validation test proved that the model is able to represent the behavior of the friction forces with relative errors mainly in the range of 10% or lower. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/814225/EU/DIGItal MANufacturing Technologies for Zero-defect Industry 4.0 Production/DIGIMAN4.0 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 814225-DIGIMAN4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 2.9 2024 MECHANICS 62 / 171 = 0.363 2024 Q2 T2 0.569 2024 Aerospace Engineering 2024 Q2 Automotive Engineering 2024 Q2 Civil and Structural Engineering 2024 Q2 Ocean Engineering 2024 Q2 Mathematics (miscellaneous) 2024 Q2 Mechanical Engineering 2024 Q2 Mechanics of Materials 2024 Q2 Condensed Matter Physics 2024 Q2 7.5 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Jorg, Oliver Jonas Fantoni, Gualtiero (orcid)0000-0003-3080-9217 Brosed Dueso, Francisco Javier Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7152-4117 Yagüe-Fabra, José A. Universidad de Zaragoza 5002 515 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Ing. Procesos Fabricación 52, 12 (2024), 10124-10147 Mech. Based Des. Struct. Mech. MECHANICS BASED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES AND MACHINES 1539-7734 5068647 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135963/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-05-20 1813683 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135963/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-05-20 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:135963 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:29:47 ARTICLE