ISO Large Stewart Platform Positioner?

Trade name is hexapod.

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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: snipped-for-privacy@mtu-net.ru

Looks like an interesting project. Need any help?

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

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A little more digging indicates these are also know as

stewart platform mechanism also gough-=stewart platform

and

mechatronics

in different areas.

Try these URLS

Siberia-Mechatronics http://www.ici.ro/ici/revista/sic1999_1/art03.html

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

Building your own flight simulator ride?

Check out the amusement park ride manufacturers, I saw this exact thing at one of their trade shows a few years back. Sorry I can't give you a more exact manufacturer.

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Similar motion-wise, but speed is not a major requirement, and payload is probably a lot higher.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Thanks, George, I'll give them a shot.

Maybe. The team can do the inverse kinematics with their eyes closed, but might farm out some of the heavy mechanical work as it's a distraction.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:47:00 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Spehro Pefhany quickly quoth:

I know, I know! (Raises hand and waves vigorously)

It's a baby shaker!

-- Change is the process by which the future invades our lives. -- Alvin Toffler

No. its to shake all the change out of your pockets without you knowing it. ;-)