Parallel structures and their applications in reconfigurable machining systems

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 483-485

  Gopalakrishnan, V ^a   Fedewa, D ^a   Mehrabi, M G ^a   Kota, S ^a   Orlandea, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINE CYLINDERS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING CENTERS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

RECONFIGURABLE MACHINE TOOLS (RMT);

MACHINING;

EID: 2942620940     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1459468     Document Type: Article

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