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VOLUME 24 ISSUE 1 of Achievements in Materials September of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering 2007 and Manufacturing Engineering Precise modelling of HSC machine tool thermal behaviour J. Jędrzejewski* co-operating with W. Modrzycki, Z. Kowal, W. Kwaśny, Z. Winiarski Institute of Production Engineering and Automation, Wroclaw University of Technology, ul. Ignacego Lukasiewicza 5, 50-371, Wroclaw, Poland * Corresponding author: E-mail address: jerzy.jedrzejewski@pwr.wroc.pl Received 28.04.2007; published in revised form 01.09.2007 Analysis and modelling AbstrAct Purpose: The development of precision machine tools requires modelling, simulation and optimization, especially the accurate modelling of machine tool thermal behaviour aimed at improving the machine tool design. Design/methodology/approach: This paper discusses machine tool design improvement based on thermal behaviour modelling and the complexities involved. A