Description of the movable elements

This topic looks at the main types of machine tools (kinematics and structure). Every *.mtd that you create differs, depending on the configuration of the machine tool. This is important for 5-axis machine tools, where the axes are defined in the *.mtd as head or table entities. For 5-axis machines, there will be 3 different configurations:

• Head-Head.
• Head-Table.
• Table-Table (Trunion).

Below are three examples showing how the different configurations can be split into head and table components. Machine tools are not limited to these configurations; they are given as a guide: