Abstract: Reconfigurable Machine Tools (RMTs) have been developed in response to agile flexible manufacturing demands. Current design methodologies for RMTs support modular reconfigurability in which a machine configuration is ...

Abstract: Parallel kinematic mechanisms (PKMs) provide high stiffness and compact structures that are suitable for a large number of applications, including 5axis milling. This paper presents a new pentapodbased PKM with an additional ...

Abstract: The accuracy of a parallel kinematic mechanism (PKM) is directly related to its dynamic stiffness, which in turn is configuration dependent. For PKMs with kinematic redundancy, configurations with higher stiffness can be ...