Machining with the WalkingHex: A walking parallel kinematic machine tool for in situ operations

A. Olarra; D. Axinte; L. Uriarte; R. Bueno

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.050

Machining with the WalkingHex: A walking parallel kinematic machine tool for in situ operations

A. Olarra, D. Axinte, L. Uriarte, R. Bueno

Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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Abstract

In situ repair/maintenance of industrial installations is challenging working scenario considering the variety of operations that are required to be performed against the clock. The paper reports on a unique walking hexapod (WalkingHex) machine tool which has a set of key abilities: (i) walks autonomously to the place of intervention; (ii) calibrates autonomously and references itself against features on the ground; (iii) performs machining operations. The essential design and theoretical aspects are presented to allow the understanding of main working principles of the WalkingHex while a selected set of experimental trails show its ability to generate accurate features.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	361-364
Number of pages	4
Journal	CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology
Volume	66
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.050
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

In situ machining
Machine tool
Parallel kinematics

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Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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