Investigation of accuracy of aerostatic guideways

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-487

  Onat Ekinci, T ^a   Mayer, J R R ^a   Cloutier, Guy M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Axis' motion errors; Coordinate measuring machines; Guideways' geometric errors; Machine tools; Volumetric errors

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; ERRORS; GUIDEWAYS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

AIR BEARINGS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; AXIS' MOTION ERRORS; MATRIXES; MOTION ACCURACIES; POSITIONING ERRORS; PRELOAD; RELATIVE LOCATIONS; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; VOLUMETRIC ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 61449229563     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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