Hi Yakov,
I noticed at the 6th European RP Conference a couple of weeks ago that
the Charlyrobot's Stratoconception Machine uses milling (subtractive) -
stacking (additive) approach to fabricate parts. Maybe this is the kind
of Hybrid Machines you are talking about?
Xing Yang Liu
Xing Yang (Mark) Liu, Ph.D.
Research Officer
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute
National Research Council Canada
800 Collip Circle, London, Ontario
Canada N6G 4X8
Phone: (519) 430-7042
Fax: (519) 430-7064
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-----Original Message-----
From: Yakov Horenstein [SMTP:yakov@planet.it]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 1997 6:34 PM
To: RP ML
Subject: Re: Hybrid Machines
Terry T. Wohlers wrote:
>Yakov Horenstein wrote:
>
>> Maybe it's a dumb question, but how come no-one has come up
with a
>> combined additive/subtractive fabricator?
>
>As I'm sure you're aware, Cubital and Sanders Prototype have
combined these
>methods. Perhaps you're referring to the use of milling,
drilling, etc.,
>to shape the object, versus flatten each layer.
Yes, that's exactly what I meant. I apologise for not phrasing
the question
more precisely. As several people pointed out, LOM, Cubital,
Sanders etc are
all hybrid machines, but my question was not referring to those
systems, but
to a combined RP/CNC machine.
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Yakov Horenstein
Milano, Italy
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