RE: Hexapods in the news

["Elliot Burke" <elliot-at-hitide.com>]

How are dual ball screws/axis used?

Elliot Burke, a lurker

-----Original Message-----
From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of Doug Fortune
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:32 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Hexapods in the news



There are several new commercial Hexapods:
see January 2001 issue of "Modern Machine Shop" page 183,184

Seen at the JIMTOF 2000 show in Japan:
Hitachi Seiki's PA35II
Toyoda's  HexaM
Okuma's Cosmocenter PM600 (1.5 G acceleration, 100 m/min feed rate!)

The article goes on to notice that dual ball screws/axis  are becoming
standard due to the higher feed rates achievable and greater rigidity.

Doug Fortune