On 18 November 2010 07:34, Viesturs Lācis <[email protected]> wrote:
> if that is just a base for machine, I suspect that the machine itself > also will be very massive and very heavy to provide for rigidity and > vibration damping in order to achieve the high precision in > hard-to-machine materials. so the question is - what kind of > bearings/slides are there to be used and what kind of actuators are to > be used for such a machine? the same old Hiwin rails, but 3 or 4 > instead of one and same old ballscrews with some extreme 10" diameter? Have you seen this new-build from Dean Smith and Grace? It seems to use linear tracks: http://www.deansmithandgrace.co.uk/icms_assets/files/Travelling_Gantry_Machine.pdf -- atp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
