Precision Engineering

Editors-in-Chief Y. Takeuchi Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chubu University, Matsumoto-cho 1200, 487-8501 Kasugai, Aichi, Japan, J.C. Ziegert Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA, R.K. Leach Div. of Engineering Measurement, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK, Associate Editors L. Blunt University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK, M. Deni MDM Mechatronics, Bologna, Italy, J. Flügge National Metrology Institute, Braunschweig, Germany, K. Furutani Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, W. Gao Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan, H. Haitjema Mitutoyo Research Center, Netherlands, M. Kunieda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan, S. Kurokawa Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, S. Ludwick Aereotech, Inc, PA, USA, E.R. Marsh Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, T. Matsumura Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan, E.P. Morse University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA, H. Ohmori RIKEN Japan, Saitama, Japan, P. Pereira Caterpillar Inc, East Peoria, IL, USA, W. Preuss Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany, T. Schmitz University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, S. Shimada Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan, S.T. Smith University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA, J. Soons National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, P. Subrahmanyan San Jose, CA, USA, K. Takamasu University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, H. Tokura Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, R Vallance George Washington University, DC, WA, USA, S. Zelenika University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia