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CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology 57 (2008) 736–749 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology journal homepage: /cirp/default.asp Multi-functional machine tool T. Moriwaki (1) Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Setsunan University, Neyagawa, Japan A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: The functions of metal cutting machine tools have been increasing to meet the demands of high Machine tool productivity and high accuracy in machining complicated and difficult parts on one machine. This paper Machining center presents a comprehensive survey of multi-functional machine tools used for metal cutting, and their Multi-functional kinematic configurations, control and programming technologies. Design principles and assessment of multi-functional machine tools are discussed mainly taking examples of 5-axis machining centers. The paper also presents examples of latest multi-functional machine tools as well as current status of related supporting technologies. 2008 CIRP. 1. Introduction 2. Histroical review of multi-functional machine tools The fundamental functions of machine tools are to transfor