On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:50:27 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
Bit of a long shot here.. anyone know of such a thing (as title) for
sale or otherwise available within a few months -- able to digitally
position up to maybe 10,000-40,000 lbs in all six degrees of freedom?

Accuracy requirements are not very stringent, mm not microns.

They look like this:
http://www.mathworks.com/access/help...ch_drawing.gif

or this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gough-platform.jpg
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Trade name is hexapod.

for more info click on
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0900rt1.html
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0204rt1.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...67/ai_16423210
http://robotool.ifw.uni-hannover.de/...teenglisch.htm

The Soviet Union always went in for the big stuff, and more than
likely there is a giant hexapod cnc machine setting in a Russian
shop looking for a buyer or a job. One Russian/Soviet firm that
I remember was LAPIK. [Lukhovitsy Aviaton Production and Testing
Complex] which [I think] is now part of the RSK MIG company.

No guarantees but try here

Lukhovitsy
Machine Building Plant (LMZ)
Lukhovitsy, Moscow Region, Russia
Tel/Fax: +7 09663 1 1376/+7 095 234 4313
E-mail:

Looks like an interesting project. Need any help?







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