Accuracy improvement of miniaturized machine tool: Geometric error modeling and compensation

Jae Ha Lee, Yu Liu, Seung Han Yang

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Abstract

A novel capacitance-sensor based multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) measurement system has been developed for measuring geometric errors of a miniaturized machine tool (mMT) overcoming the size limitations. In the present work five geometric error components of a three-axis mMT are measured simultaneously along each axis and the squareness errors are determined by the slopes of straightness error profiles. Least-squares fitting method is used to represent the analytical models of geometric errors. A kinematic chain consisting of various structural members of mMT is introduced to establish the positional relationships among its coordinate frames. Based on this kinematic chain a general volumetric error model has been developed to synthesize all geometric error components of a miniaturized machine tool. Then, a recursive compensation method is proposed to achieve error compensation efficiently. Test results show that the positioning accuracy of miniaturized machine tool has been improved with compensation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1508-1516
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
Volume46
Issue number12-13
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

Keywords

  • Error modeling
  • Miniaturized machine tool
  • Multi-DOF measurement
  • Recursive compensation
  • Volumetric error model synthesis

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