In order to grasp the vibration characteristics of a novel High-Speed 4-HPS-HPH PMT(parallel machine tool), A vibration behaviors analysis method using virtual prototype simulation was put forward. By the united application of CAD, CAE and visual technologies, the rigid-flexible vibration model of 4-HPS-HPH PMT was constructed. Then the dynamic response of the tool tip, including vibration displacement, vibration velocity, vibration acceleration, and maximum dynamic stresses of driving limbs were realized. The simulation results show that the rigid-flexible vibration model proposed can indicate the vibration behaviors of parallel machine tool. This research provides necessary guidance for dynamic performance analysis, optimization design and control of this 4-HPS-HPH PMT.

A novel 5-Degree of Freedom PCMM (parallel coordinate measuring machine) was proposed, and its motion control system was designed. Compared with the other structural PCMMs, the structure feature of proposed PCMM was described. Then its motion control system was designed with the modularized and open architecture. The controlled scheme of hardware, which based on PC, PMAC motion control card and the precision measuring probe, was developed. The software of the motion control system was written by Visual Basic6.0 language. Finally, the process of motion control for 4-UPS-UPU PCMM was proposed. The new method above for design of motion control system is simple and effective, and may be applied to other parallel machine.