Generalized kinematic modeling of reconfigurable machine tools

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-51

  Moon, Yong Mo ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN; STIFFNESS;

RECONFIGURABLE MACHINE TOOLS (RMT);

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 0036522262     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1424892     Document Type: Article

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