TY - JOUR
T1 - Configuration synthesis of machining centres with tool change mechanisms
AU - Chen, Fu Chen
AU - Yan, Hong Sen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the National Science Council of the Republic of China and Leadwell CNC Machines Manufacturing Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan) for supporting this research, directed by Dr W.M. Hwang, under grant NSC 83-0425-E006-003.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/2
Y1 - 1999/2
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to generate all possible design configurations of machining centres with tool change mechanisms. A methodology is proposed for synthesizing the mechanisms of machining centres with required topology and motion characteristics. Machining centres with tool change mechanisms up to eight links are synthesized. For machining centres with a two degrees of freedom table, the mechanisms with seven and eight links have three and 17 different design configurations, respectively. The results of this work provide a systematic approach for synthesizing spatial open-type mechanisms with motion requirements.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to generate all possible design configurations of machining centres with tool change mechanisms. A methodology is proposed for synthesizing the mechanisms of machining centres with required topology and motion characteristics. Machining centres with tool change mechanisms up to eight links are synthesized. For machining centres with a two degrees of freedom table, the mechanisms with seven and eight links have three and 17 different design configurations, respectively. The results of this work provide a systematic approach for synthesizing spatial open-type mechanisms with motion requirements.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0890-6955(98)00030-3
DO - 10.1016/S0890-6955(98)00030-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033078460
SN - 0890-6955
VL - 39
SP - 273
EP - 295
JO - International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
JF - International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
IS - 2
ER -