The moving elements of a machine tool have mass. Forces from the actuators cause the masses to move and accelerate. As the speed of the machine tool motion increases, the ability of the actuators to cause acceleration becomes more important.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2012-12-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/apparent-mass-moving-machine-elements/
Legacy path: /articles/apparent-mass-moving-machine-elements