Parallel kinematic machine positioning accuracy assessment and improvement

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-58

  Song, Jing ^a   Mou, Jong L ^a   King, Calvin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Error assessment; Error compensation; Error modeling; Parallel kinematic machine

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUTS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ERROR ASSESSMENT; ERROR MODEL; LENGTH CALCULATION; MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES; POSITIONING ACCURACY; STRUCTURAL ERRORS; STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY;

ERROR COMPENSATION;

EID: 0141739407     PISSN: 15266125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-6125(00)70012-0     Document Type: Article

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