Design and analysis of a tripod machine tool with an integrated Cartesian guiding and metrology mechanism

Precision Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-57

  Chen, Jenq Shyong ^a   Hsu, Wei Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct metrology loop; Dynamic stiffness; High speed machining; Parallel kinematic machine; Static rigidity; Tripod

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STIFFNESS;

CARTESIAN-GUIDED TRIPOD (CGT) MACHINE TOOLS; DIRECT METROLOGY LOOP; HIGH-SPEED MACHINING; STATIC RIGIDITY;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 0346093928     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(03)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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