Volumetric error analysis of a Stewart platform-based machine tool

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Patel, A J ^a   Ehmann, K F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy Analysis; Error Analysis; Error Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

STEWART PLATFORM BASED MACHINE TOOL; TOLERANCE ALLOCATION;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 0030720160     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-8506(07)60827-0     Document Type: Article

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