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Design and experimental study of the SPKM165, a five-axis serial-parallel kinematic milling machine

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A five-axis serial-parallel kinematic milling machine, the SPKM 165, is introduced. This machine consists of a three-degree-of-freedom parallel module and a two-degree-of-freedom serial table. The SPKM 165 is capable of five-face machining. A discussion of the inverse kinematics of the five-axis control is provided. A dimensional synthesis procedure is presented in terms of motion/force transmissibility. Finite-element analysis was used to evaluate the stiffness of a CAD model before the machine was manufactured. Kinematic calibration was implemented to improve the accuracy of the end effector. The results of a calibration experiment are presented. The stiffness of the developed machine was then measured. Milling experiments were conducted, and the test piece showed that the developed machine has satisfactory performance.

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    FuGui Xie, XinJun Liu, Hui Zhang & JinSong Wang

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Xie, F., Liu, X., Zhang, H. et al. Design and experimental study of the SPKM165, a five-axis serial-parallel kinematic milling machine. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 54, 1193–1205 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-011-4314-3

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