Design of a 4-DOF hybrid PKM module for large structural component assembly

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-162

  Huang, T ^a,b   Wang, P F ^a   Zhao, X M ^a   Chetwynd, D G ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Parallel kinematic machines; Virtual prototype design

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; CAE SOFTWARE; DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESIS; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RIGIDBODY DYNAMICS; ROBOT CELLS; STIFFNESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE DESIGN; WING BOX;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; RIGID WINGS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77955334683     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2010.03.098     Document Type: Article

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