A parallel link end effector for scanning electrical discharge machining process

Precision Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Furutani, Katsushi ^a   Shibatani, Kazuhiro ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^a   Mohri, Naotake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contouring; Electrical discharge machining (EDM); Parallel mechanism; Piezoelectric element; Positioning

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POSITION CONTROL; PRECISION ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS;

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING (EDM);

MACHINING;

EID: 0032118443     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0141-6359(98)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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