Re: Hexapod question

Sorry for not getting this into the last post...

Some may not know what serial vs. parallel kinematics means. Serial
is what we have in a typical mill. The X sits on the Y, and they both
might sit on the Z (think knee mill, with powered knee)

Parallel means that all the axes happen "at once" (in parallel). The
six struts of a hexapod act in parallel to accomplish movement.
Moving only one will move all six degrees of freedom. To move a
single cartesian axis, ALL six must be moved in parallel.

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

P.S. There's a pic at:

http://www.hexapods.net/hexapod.htm

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Don Rogers <Don@C...> wrote:
> OK gang, I have been following this thread for some time now, and I
am still at
> a loss as to what the possible practicable use a Hexapod would be
in a
> machining environment.
>
> I can see that it would give some interesting movements to a table,
but the
> simple lever
> arm lengths involved would, it seems to me, eliminate this design
as a
> practical tool for
> machining metals. Am I missing something here? Or am I narrowing
my view
> to much?
>
> Don