Observation of Thermal Influence on Error Motions of Rotary Axes on a Five-Axis Machine Tool by Static   R-Test

Cefu Hong; Soichi Ibaraki

doi:10.20965/ijat.2012.p0196

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IJAT Vol.6 No.2 pp. 196-204

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2012.p0196

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Observation of Thermal Influence on Error Motions of Rotary Axes on a Five-Axis Machine Tool by Static R-Test

Cefu Hong and Soichi Ibaraki

Department of Micro Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Received:

August 25, 2011

Accepted:

November 22, 2011

Published:

March 5, 2012

Keywords:

error motion of rotary axes, thermal test, R-test, five-axis machine tool, geometric error

Abstract

Thermal distortions are regarded as one of the major error factors in machine tools. ISO 230-3 and ISO 10791-10 describe tests to evaluate the influence of thermal distortions caused by linear motion and spindle rotation on the Tool Center Position (TCP). However, for five-axis machine tools, no thermal test is described for a rotary axis. Therefore, in this paper, a method for observing thermally induced geometric errors of a rotary axis with a static R-test is proposed. Unlike conventional thermal tests in ISO 230-3 and ISO 10791-10, where the thermal influence on the positioning error at a single point is tested, the present test measures the thermal influence on the error motions of a rotary axis. The R-test measurement clarifies how the error motions of a rotary table change with the rotation of a swiveling axis and how they are influenced by thermal changes. The thermal influence on the error motions of a rotary axis is quantitatively parameterized by geometric errors that vary with time.

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C. Hong and S. Ibaraki, “Observation of Thermal Influence on Error Motions of Rotary Axes on a Five-Axis Machine Tool by Static R-Test,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.6 No.2, pp. 196-204, 2012.

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[1] [1] S. Ibaraki and W. Knapp, “Indirect Measurement of Volumetric Accuracy for Three-axis and Five-axis Machine Tools: A Review,” Int. J. of Automation Technology, 6-2, 2012. (in print)

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[3] [3] S. H. H. Zargarbashi and J. R. R. Mayer, “Assessment of Machine Tool Trunnion Axis Motion Error, Using Magnetic Double Ball Bar,” Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 46, pp. 1823-1834, 2006.

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[7] [7] ISO 10791-10, “Test Conditions for Machining Centers – Part 10: Evaluation of Thermal Distortions,” 2007.

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[10] [10] B. Bringmann and W. Knapp, “Model-based ‘Chase-the-Ball’ Calibration of a 5-axis Machining Center,” Annals of the CIRP, 55-1, pp. 531-534, 2006.

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[13] [13] Fidia: http://www.fidia.it.

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[17] [17] S. Ibaraki, C. Hong, and C. Oyama, “Construction of an Error Map of Rotary Axes on a Five-axis Machining Center by Static R-test,” Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century (LEM21), 2011.

[18] [18] T. Erkan, J. R. R. Mayer, and Y. Dupont, “Volumetric Distortion Assessment of a Five-axis Machine by Probing a 3D Reconfigurable Uncalibrated Master Ball Artefact,” Precision Engineering, 35-1, pp. 116-125, 2011.

[19] [19] C. Hong, S. Ibaraki, and A. Matsubara, “Influence of Positiondependent Geometric Errors of Rotary Axes on a Machining Test of Cone Frustum by Five-axis Machine Tools,” Precision Engineering, 35-1, pp. 1-11, 2011.