PEEK材料的機(jī)器人傳感器介紹
PEEK(聚醚醚酮)是一種高性能特種工程塑料,具備耐高溫(長(zhǎng)期使用溫度約 240℃)、耐化學(xué)腐蝕、高強(qiáng)度、輕量化、低摩擦系數(shù)及優(yōu)異的電氣絕緣性等特性,這些優(yōu)勢(shì)使其成為機(jī)器人傳感器關(guān)鍵部件的理想材料,能解決傳統(tǒng)金屬或普通塑料傳感器在精度、穩(wěn)定性、環(huán)境適應(yīng)性上的短板。
一、
核心應(yīng)用類型及特點(diǎn)
PEEK 材料主要通過(guò)制造傳感器的
核心結(jié)構(gòu)件或
功能基底發(fā)揮作用,常見(jiàn)應(yīng)用類型如下:
1.六維力 / 力矩傳感器
應(yīng)用部位:傳感器的 "彈性體"(力信號(hào)感知核心部件)。
核心價(jià)值:傳統(tǒng)彈性體多采用鋁合金,而 PEEK 的彈性模量與密度比更優(yōu) —— 在保證結(jié)構(gòu)強(qiáng)度的同時(shí),大幅降低彈性體質(zhì)量,減少機(jī)器人運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)的慣性干擾,提升力值測(cè)量精度(可達(dá) ±0.1% FS)和動(dòng)態(tài)響應(yīng)速度(響應(yīng)時(shí)間<1ms)。
典型場(chǎng)景:工業(yè)機(jī)器人裝配(如精密螺絲鎖付力控制)、協(xié)作機(jī)器人人機(jī)交互(如碰撞力感知)、醫(yī)療機(jī)器人手術(shù)力反饋(如骨科機(jī)器人骨面打磨力監(jiān)測(cè))。
2.觸覺(jué) / 應(yīng)變傳感器
應(yīng)用部位:傳感器的柔性基底或電極載體。
核心價(jià)值:PEEK 具備一定柔性與耐疲勞性,可加工成薄型或異形結(jié)構(gòu),適配機(jī)器人手指、抓手等曲面 / 柔性接觸場(chǎng)景;同時(shí)其電氣絕緣性可避免信號(hào)干擾,保障觸覺(jué)(如壓力、紋理識(shí)別)或應(yīng)變(如關(guān)節(jié)形變)數(shù)據(jù)的穩(wěn)定性。
典型場(chǎng)景:服務(wù)機(jī)器人抓取易碎品(如玻璃、水果)的壓力感知、工業(yè)機(jī)器人柔性裝配的貼合度應(yīng)變監(jiān)測(cè)。
3.耐腐蝕環(huán)境專用傳感器
應(yīng)用部位:傳感器的外殼、探頭保護(hù)套或接觸部件。
核心價(jià)值:PEEK 對(duì)酸堿溶液、有機(jī)溶劑及高溫蒸汽(如食品行業(yè)的 CIP 清洗)耐受性極強(qiáng),遠(yuǎn)優(yōu)于不銹鋼或普通塑料,可保護(hù)傳感器內(nèi)部元件不受腐蝕,延長(zhǎng)使用壽命。
典型場(chǎng)景:食品 / 醫(yī)藥機(jī)器人的液位 / 濃度傳感器(如醬料罐液位監(jiān)測(cè))、化工機(jī)器人的環(huán)境參數(shù)傳感器(如腐蝕性氣體檢測(cè)探頭保護(hù))。
二、相比傳統(tǒng)材料的核心優(yōu)勢(shì)
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對(duì)比維度 |
PEEK 材料 |
傳統(tǒng)材料(鋁合金 / 普通塑料) |
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測(cè)量精度 |
低慣性,提升動(dòng)態(tài)精度 |
慣性大,動(dòng)態(tài)響應(yīng)滯后 |
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環(huán)境適應(yīng)性 |
耐高溫、耐腐蝕 |
高溫易變形,腐蝕環(huán)境易損壞 |
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輕量化 |
密度僅 1.32g/cm³(約為鋁的 1/2) |
鋁合金密度 2.7g/cm³,重量大 |
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使用壽命 |
耐疲勞、抗老化 |
金屬易銹蝕,普通塑料易老化脆 |
三、典型應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域
工業(yè)機(jī)器人:裝配力控制、打磨力反饋、抓取壓力監(jiān)測(cè);
醫(yī)療機(jī)器人:手術(shù)器械力感知(如腹腔鏡操作力反饋)、康復(fù)機(jī)器人的關(guān)節(jié)應(yīng)變監(jiān)測(cè);
特種機(jī)器人:食品 / 化工領(lǐng)域的耐腐蝕環(huán)境傳感器、高溫工況(如汽車焊接)的溫度 / 力傳感器。
Introduction to PEEK Material Robot Sensors
PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) is a high-performance specialty engineering plastic with properties such as high temperature resistance (long-term service temperature around 240°C), chemical corrosion resistance, high strength, lightweight, low friction coefficient, and excellent electrical insulation. These advantages make it an ideal material for key components of robot sensors, addressing the shortcomings of traditional metal or ordinary plastic sensors in terms of precision, stability, and environmental adaptability.
I. Core Application Types and Characteristics
PEEK material mainly functions by manufacturing the core structural components or functional substrates of sensors. Common application types are as follows:
1. Six-Dimensional Force/Torque Sensors
Application Part: The "elastic body" (the core component for force signal perception) of the sensor.
Core Value: Traditional elastic bodies are mostly made of aluminum alloy, while PEEK has a better ratio of elastic modulus to density - ensuring structural strength while significantly reducing the mass of the elastic body, minimizing inertial interference during robot movement, and improving force measurement accuracy (up to ±0.1% FS) and dynamic response speed (response time < 1ms).
Typical Scenarios: Industrial robot assembly (such as precise screw tightening force control), collaborative robot human-machine interaction (such as collision force perception), medical robot surgical force feedback (such as bone surface grinding force monitoring in orthopedic robots).
2. Tactile/Strain Sensors
Application Part: The flexible substrate or electrode carrier of the sensor.
Core Value: PEEK has certain flexibility and fatigue resistance, allowing it to be processed into thin or irregular shapes, suitable for curved or flexible contact scenarios such as robot fingers and grippers; at the same time, its electrical insulation can prevent signal interference, ensuring the stability of tactile (such as pressure, texture recognition) or strain (such as joint deformation) data.
Typical Scenarios: Pressure perception in service robots when grasping fragile items (such as glass, fruits), strain monitoring for the fit in industrial robot flexible assembly.
3. Specialized Sensors for Corrosive Environments
Application Part: The housing, probe protection sleeve, or contact components of the sensor.
Core Value: PEEK has extremely strong resistance to acids, alkalis, organic solvents, and high-temperature steam (such as CIP cleaning in the food industry), far superior to stainless steel or ordinary plastics, protecting the internal components of the sensor from corrosion and extending its service life.
Typical Scenarios: Liquid level/concentration sensors in food/medical robots (such as monitoring the liquid level in sauce tanks), environmental parameter sensors in chemical robots (such as protecting corrosive gas detection probes).
II. Core Advantages over Traditional Materials

III. Typical Application Fields
Industrial robots: Assembly force control, grinding force feedback, grasping pressure monitoring;
Medical robots: Force perception of surgical instruments (such as force feedback in laparoscopic operations), joint strain monitoring of rehabilitation robots;
Special robots: Corrosion-resistant environment sensors in food/chemical fields, temperature/force sensors in high-temperature conditions (such as automotive welding).