Re: 4th or 5th axis mechanical layouts

Bob,

There are a bunch of ways to accomplish 4/5 axis machining. Tilting
and rotating the spindle is one way, fairly complicated. IMO, the
simplest way is to rotate/tilt the workpiece. Of course depending
on what you want to do maybe one of these methods will do it better.

See http://www.haascnc.com/products/rotary/, look at the trunnion
tables. This is relatively easy to do in terms of the hardware.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "echnidna" <echnidna@y...> wrote:
> Hi Group
> Could anyone point me to a website or pictures of 4\5 axis layouts
so I can think about various different mechanical ways of tilting
and\or rotating an axis
>
> Regards
> Bob Thomas