Title
Flexible forming with hexapods.
Abstract
The work presented in this paper provides the basis for an extension of conventional orbital forming to a new, flexible forming process. A hydraulically actuated hexapod is used to move a swage in order to extrude a work piece towards a desired shape. This paper presents an analytical model of the actuators and the dynamics of the hexapod. This model is used for developing a cascaded position control law, and for developing a simulation environment representing the machine and the work piece in an entire forming process loop. The design of the machine is briefly introduced and results of position control are presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/s11740-007-0063-3
Production Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
hydraulic actuator
Swaging,Forming processes,Control engineering,Engineering,Hexapod,Machine tool,Actuator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
1
4
1863-7353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jürgen Hesselbach1239.27
Bernd-Arno Behrens23824.24
Franz Dietrich320.41
Sven Rathmann440.96
Jens Poelmeyer520.41