Showing papers by "Konrad Wegener published in 2007"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the current developments in mechatronic systems for metal cutting and forming machine tools and their interaction with manufacturing processes, including active and passive damping of vibrations through piezo, magnetic and electro-hydraulic actuators.
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39 citations
01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: This is a presentation of an alternative way for simulating the thermo-mechanical behavior of machine tools that combines the advantages of the finite difference method (FDM) and the finite element analysis (FEA).
7 citations
01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: This paper presents a software based methodology for designing and evaluating the performance and conformance to requirements at an early stage of Reconfigurable machine tools.
Abstract: 2 Abstract: Reconfigurable machine tools are proposed as manufacturing concepts coping with turbulent and quickly changing business environments. New tools for efficient modelling of different machine variants are required in order to facilitate and accelerate the re-configuration of machine tools. This paper presents a software based methodology for designing and evaluating the performance and conformance to requirements at an early stage. A machine model can be assembled by accessing a module library, which contains models of all available physical modules. The machine behaviour of the resulting configuration is tested, which provides reliable information on the physical machine properties. Different variants can be set up and quickly and easily analysed, significantly improving the data basis on which important and far-reaching decisions have to be made.
5 citations