Actualities and Development of Heavy-Duty CNC Machine Tool Thermal Error Monitoring Technology

Thermal error monitoring technology is the key technological support to solve the thermal error problem of heavy-duty CNC(computer numerical control) machine tools. Currently, there are many review literatures introducing the thermal error research of CNC machine tools,but those mainly focus on the thermal issues in small and medium-sized CNC machine tools and seldom introduce thermal error monitoring technologies. This paper gives an overview of the research on the thermal error of CNC machine tools and emphasizes the study of thermal error of the heavy-duty CNC machine tool in three areas. These areas are the causes of thermal error of heavy-duty CNC machine tool and the issues with the temperature monitoring technology and thermal deformation monitoring technology. A new optical measurement technology called the ‘‘fiber Bragg grating(FBG) distributed sensing technology' for heavy-duty CNC machine tools is introduced in detail. This technology forms an intelligent sensing and monitoring system for heavy-duty CNC machine tools.This paper fills in the blank of this kind of review articlesto guide the development of this industry field and opens up new areas of research on the heavy-duty CNC machine tool thermal error.     

Three-dimensional tool radius compensation for multi-axis peripheral milling

Few function about 3D tool radius compensation is applied to generating executable motion control commands in the existing computer numerical control (CNC) systems. Once the tool radius is changed, especially in the case of tool size changing with tool wear in machining, a new NC program has to be recreated. A generic 3D tool radius compensation method for multi-axis peripheral milling in CNC systems is presented. The offset path is calculated by offsetting the tool path along the direction of the offset vector with a given distance. The offset vector is perpendicular to both the tangent vector of the tool path and the orientation vector of the tool axis relative to the workpiece. The orientation vector equations of the tool axis relative to the workpiece are obtained through homogeneous coordinate transformation matrix and forward kinematics of generalized kinematics model of multi-axis machine tools. To avoid cutting into the corner formed by the two adjacent tool paths, the coordinates of offset path at the intersection point have been calculated according to the transition type that is determined by the angle between the two tool path tangent vectors at the corner. Through the verification by the solid cutting simulation software VERICUTwith different tool radiuses on a table-tilting type five-axis machine tool, and by the real machining experiment of machining a soup spoon on a five-axis machine tool with the developed CNC system, the effectiveness of the proposed 3D tool radius compensation method is confirmed. The proposed compensation method can be suitable for all kinds of threeto five-axis machine tools as a general form.     

Design and accuracy analysis of a metamorphic CNC flame cutting machine for ship manufacturing

The current research of processing large size fabrication holes on complex spatial curved surface mainly focuses on the CNC flame cutting machines design for ship hull of ship manufacturing. However, the existing machines cannot meet the continuous cutting requirements with variable pass conditions through their fixed configuration, and cannot realize high-precision processing as the accuracy theory is not studied adequately. This paper deals with structure design and accuracy prediction technology of novel machine tools for solving the problem of continuous and high-precision cutting. The needed variable trajectory and variable pose kinematic characteristics of non-contact cutting tool are figured out and a metamorphic CNC flame cutting machine designed through metamorphic principle is presented. To analyze kinematic accuracy of the machine, models of joint clearances, manufacturing tolerances and errors in the input variables and error models considering the combined effects are derived based on screw theory after establishing ideal kinematic models. Numerical simulations, processing experiment and trajectory tracking experiment are conducted relative to an eccentric hole with bevels on cylindrical surface respectively. The results of cutting pass contour and kinematic error interval which the position error is from –0.975 mm to +0.628 mm and orientation error is from –0.01 rad to +0.01 rad indicate that the developed machine can complete cutting process continuously and effectively, and the established kinematic error models are effective although the interval is within a ‘large' range. It also shows the matching property between metamorphic principle and variable working tasks, and the mapping correlation between original designing parameters and kinematic errors of machines. This research develops a metamorphic CNC flame cutting machine and establishes kinematic error models for accuracy analysis of machine tools.     

Error Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of a Parallel Robot with SCARA（Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm） Motions

Parallel robots with SCARA（selective compliance assembly robot arm） motions are utilized widely in the field of high speed pick-and-place manipulation. Error modeling for these robots generally simplifies the parallelogram structures included by the robots as a link. As the established error model fails to reflect the error feature of the parallelogram structures, the effect of accuracy design and kinematic calibration based on the error model come to be undermined. An error modeling methodology is proposed to establish an error model of parallel robots with parallelogram structures. The error model can embody the geometric errors of all joints, including the joints of parallelogram structures. Thus it can contain more exhaustively the factors that reduce the accuracy of the robot. Based on the error model and some sensitivity indices defined in the sense of statistics, sensitivity analysis is carried out. Accordingly, some atlases are depicted to express each geometric error’s influence on the moving platform’s pose errors. From these atlases, the geometric errors that have greater impact on the accuracy of the moving platform are identified, and some sensitive areas where the pose errors of the moving platform are extremely sensitive to the geometric errors are also figured out. By taking into account the error factors which are generally neglected in all existing modeling methods, the proposed modeling method can thoroughly disclose the process of error transmission and enhance the efficacy of accuracy design and calibration.     

ONLINE GRINDING WHEEL WEAR COMPENSATION BY IMAGE BASED MEASURING TECHNIQUES

Automatic compensation of grinding wheel wear in dry grinding is accomplished by an image based online measurement method. A kind of PC-based charge-coupled device image recognition system is schemed out, which detects the topography changes of the grinding wheel surface. Profile data, which corresponds to the wear and the topography, is measured by using a digital image processing method. The grinding wheel wear is evaluated by analyzing the position deviation of the grinding wheel edge. The online wear compensation is achieved according to the measure results. The precise detection and automatic compensation system is integrated into an open structure CNC curve grinding machine. A practical application is carried out to fulfil the precision curve grinding. The experimental results confirm the benefits of the proposed techniques, and the online detection accuracy is less than 5μm. The grinding machine provides higher precision according to the in-process grinding wheel error compensation.     

DIRECT MANIPULATION OF B-SPLINE SURFACES

Engineering design and geometric modeling often require the ability to modify the shape of parametric curves and surfaces so that their shape satisfy some given geometric constraints, including point, normal vector, curve and surface. Two approaches are presented to directly manipulate the shape of B-spline surface. The former is based on the least-square, whereas the latter is based on minimizing the bending energy of surface. For each method, since unified and explicit formulae are derived to compute new control points of modified surface, these methods are simple, fast and applicable for CAD systems. Algebraic technique is used to simplify the computation of B-spline composition and multiplication. Comparisons and examples are also given.     

Algorithm for detecting volumetric geometric accuracy of NC machine tool by laser tracker

Quick and accurate detecting the error of NC machine tool and performing the error compensation are important to improve the machining accuracy of NC machine tool.Currently,there are many methods for detecting the geometric accuracy of NC machine tool.However,these methods have deficiencies in detection efficiency and accuracy as well as in versatility.In the paper,a method with laser tracker based on the multi-station and time-sharing measurement principle is proposed,and this method can rapidly and accurately detect the geometric accuracy of NC machine tool.The machine tool is controlled to move in the preset path in a 3D space or 2D plane,and a laser tracker is used to measure the same motion trajectory of the machine tool successively at different base stations.The original algorithm for multi-station and time-sharing measurement is improved.The space coordinates of the measuring point obtained by the laser tracker are taken as parameter values,and the initial position of each base point can be determined.The redundant equation concerning the base point calibration can be established by the distance information of the laser tracker,and the position of each base point is further determined by solving the equation with least squares method,then the space coordinates of each measuring point can be calibrated.The singular matrix does not occur in calculation with the improved algorithm,which overcomes the limitations of the original algorithm,that the motion trajectory of machine tool is in a 3D space and there exits height difference between the base stations.Adopting the improved algorithm can expand the application of multi-station and time-sharing measurement,and can meet the quick and accurate detecting requirements for different types of NC machine tool.     

Bayesian reliability modeling and assessment solution for NC machine tools under small-sample data

Although Markov chain Monte Carlo(MCMC) algorithms are accurate, many factors may cause instability when they are utilized in reliability analysis; such instability makes these algorithms unsuitable for widespread engineering applications. Thus, a reliability modeling and assessment solution aimed at small-sample data of numerical control(NC) machine tools is proposed on the basis of Bayes theories. An expert-judgment process of fusing multi-source prior information is developed to obtain the Weibull parameters' prior distributions and reduce the subjective bias of usual expert-judgment methods. The grid approximation method is applied to two-parameter Weibull distribution to derive the formulas for the parameters' posterior distributions and solve the calculation difficulty of high-dimensional integration. The method is then applied to the real data of a type of NC machine tool to implement a reliability assessment and obtain the mean time between failures(MTBF). The relative error of the proposed method is 5.8020×10-4 compared with the MTBF obtained by the MCMC algorithm. This result indicates that the proposed method is as accurate as MCMC. The newly developed solution for reliability modeling and assessment of NC machine tools under small-sample data is easy, practical, and highly suitable for widespread application in the engineering field; in addition, the solution does not reduce accuracy.     

STUDY ON NEW METHOD OF IDENTIFYING GEOMETRIC ERROR PARAMETERS FOR NC MACHINE TOOLS

0 INTRODUCTIONCorrectly identifying the geometric errorpararneters is one of the most fundamental and keytechniques for high accuracy software errorcompensation of NC machine tooIs. By analyzing theec'llTCcs of erro1 Nhich affects the process precision ofNC machine tools, the mathematical model fOrvolumetric error is built. Software error compensationcan improve the process precision by using thesoftware, which is develOped according to themodel. However, only with the accurate geomet…     

Motion error compensation of multi-legged walking robots

Existing errors in the structure and kinematic parameters of multi-legged walking robots,the motion trajectory of robot will diverge from the ideal sports requirements in movement.Since the existing error compensation is usually used for control compensation of manipulator arm,the error compensation of multi-legged robots has seldom been explored.In order to reduce the kinematic error of robots,a motion error compensation method based on the feedforward for multi-legged mobile robots is proposed to improve motion precision of a mobile robot.The locus error of a robot body is measured,when robot moves along a given track.Error of driven joint variables is obtained by error calculation model in terms of the locus error of robot body.Error value is used to compensate driven joint variables and modify control model of robot,which can drive the robots following control model modified.The model of the relation between robot’s locus errors and kinematic variables errors is set up to achieve the kinematic error compensation.On the basis of the inverse kinematics of a multi-legged walking robot,the relation between error of the motion trajectory and driven joint variables of robots is discussed.Moreover,the equation set is obtained,which expresses relation among error of driven joint variables,structure parameters and error of robot’s locus.Take MiniQuad as an example,when the robot MiniQuad moves following beeline tread,motion error compensation is studied.The actual locus errors of the robot body are measured before and after compensation in the test.According to the test,variations of the actual coordinate value of the robot centroid in x-direction and z-direction are reduced more than one time.The kinematic errors of robot body are reduced effectively by the use of the motion error compensation method based on the feedforward.     

五轴数控机床几何误差的建模与补偿技术

实时误差补偿技术是近代机床技术的研究重点,多轴数控机床的误差补偿问题有很高的难度和研究价值。本文提出了基于多体系统的五轴数控机床几何误差建模技术,研究了误差补偿的关键,即表示几何误差的参数,同时为了评估建模的好坏,研究了基于多体系统的切削工件过程仿真。     

数控机床几何误差建模及误差补偿的研究

基于多体系统运动学理论，建立了一种通用的数控机床几何误差模型，该模型易于实现计算机自动编程，能够广泛的应用于各种不同类型的数控机床上。给出了实现误差补偿的算法和程序流程图，特别针对直线与圆弧的分段处理进行了研究，结出了分段方法及坐标求取方法。最后，以一台三轴立式加工中心为例，对其21项几何误差进行了辩识，通过实验验证了误差补偿的效果。     

数控滚齿机几何误差建模与分析

基于多体系统理论对数控滚齿机进行了结构分析,得到了数控滚齿机的拓扑结构;分析研究了相邻体的运动关系,根据相邻体的运动关系,结合数控滚齿机的拓扑结构,得出了数控滚齿机的几何误差模型;对所得到的几何误差模型进行解耦,获得了数控滚齿机各轴独立的补偿量。研究结果为数控滚齿机几何误差补偿的实现奠定了基础。     

A novel error compensation implementing strategy and realizing on Siemens 840D CNC systems

Error compensation implementing strategy of CNC machine tools is a key technique. Basing on handwheel offset function of CNC system, a novel error compensation implementing strategy were proposed, and an error compensator is developed to realize the error compensation implementing on machine tools with Siemens 840D CNC systems, which communicates with CNC system by the DRF offset function and substitutes for electronic handwheel of CNC system. The error compensator’s hardware and software systems, in which multithread technique was used to parallel run to avoid CPU’s long-playing employment by one task, were developed. Finally, to test the feasibility of the implementing strategy, an experiment was carried out to compensate geometric error of a heavy-duty CNC floor-typed boring and milling machine tool. Experimental results show that error synthetic compensation equipment developed in this paper can perfectly implement error compensation function.     

数控机床几何精度综合解析与试验研究

以对机床精度影响较大的几何误差为对象,通过理论与试验相结合,对其进行较深入的研究。基于多体系统理论,综合考虑各轴定位误差、直线度误差以及角度误差等几何误差元的耦合作用,提出一种机床综合误差建模方法,并在机床坐标系下建立三轴数控机床综合误差模型。通过利用激光干涉仪的大量试验得出定位误差、直线度误差以及角度误差曲线,分析证实定位误差相对于直线度误差和角度误差影响更为显著。以此为基础,进一步研究工作空间综合误差在各轴各误差元耦合作用下的分布和演变规律,发现综合误差在某轴向的分量与该轴的定位误差非常接近,给出定位误差是影响综合误差的决定性因素的结论。机床几何精度的分析对于机床精度补偿方法的选取与运用具有理论和实际意义。     

数控成形砂轮磨齿机床几何误差分析与函数补偿法

以QCYK7332A数控成形砂轮磨齿机为例,对机床误差进行了分析。应用多体系统理论以及齐次坐标变换建立了几何误差模型,得到了此模型下砂轮尖的6个自由度误差表达式,并在此基础上以机床B轴为例,说明了运动轴误差转化到磨具上,从而引起所加工齿轮的齿距、齿形、压力角等误差。为了减小误差,提出了函数补偿法,并以测量机床的X轴角度误差为例,说明机床误差预测以及实时误差补偿的过程,为提高数控成形砂轮磨齿机精度、减小机床的几何误差提供了理论依据。     

[误差建模及精度保证方法]几何误差贡献值影响下五轴数控机床运动轴误差灵敏度分析方法

针对现有误差元素灵敏度分析与后续误差补偿关联性不强的问题,建立运动轴几何误差贡献值模型并提出运动轴几何误差灵敏度分析方法,以获得本身几何误差对机床精度有很大影响的关键运动轴。结合指数积理论和坐标系微分运动理论建立基于误差敏感矩阵的运动轴几何误差贡献值模型,各运动轴几何误差贡献值相加得到机床综合误差模型;计算各运动轴误差权重分量和误差综合权重实现运动轴误差灵敏度分析,选择误差综合权重平均值最大的运动轴为机床关键运动轴,并对关键运动轴的误差补偿方法进行分析讨论。最后,在北京精雕集团的五轴加工中心上进行仿真实验验证。研究结果表明：所建立模型和所提出分析方法是有效的,且只补偿关键运动轴的几何误差贡献值能有效地提高五轴机床加工精度。     

双转台五轴机床空间误差补偿技术研究

几何误差、热误差和切削力误差占到了机床总误差的75%,对这3项误差进行控制是提高机床加工精度的关键所在。以双转台五轴机床的空间误差作为研究对象,通过对加工位置、主要热源及电动机电流等相关因素进行分析,确定空间误差建模所需的位移变量、温度变量和切削力变量。以现有的多种误差建模方法为基础,通过对信息融合技术进行研究,提出一种机床空间误差的多模型融合预测方法,建立综合反映几何误差、热误差和切削力误差的最优空间误差模型。最后以DSP为核心,设计空间误差补偿器,实施空间误差补偿,验证补偿效果。结果显示,建立的模型预测精度较高,残差小于2μm,而实施空间误差补偿后,加工零件的轮廓误差也由15μm降到了5μm,补偿效果明显。     

大型数控龙门铣床几何误差补偿方法研究

针对大型数控龙门铣床几何误差的问题,建立了大型数控龙门铣床的几何误差模型,分析了大型数控龙门铣床的几何误差源;利用API(T3)激光跟踪仪高精度大尺寸的测量特点及数据处理能力,提出了X、Y、Z轴线位移误差、角位移误差及各轴间垂直度误差的辨识算法,通过激光测量与计算准确地辨识了大型数控龙门铣床的几何误差;建立了大型数控龙门铣床加工空间几何误差数学模型,采用基于对象的事件驱动机制的程序设计语言Visual Basic开发了几何误差补偿软件,实现了几何误差补偿;现场检测了大型数控龙门铣床空行程平面运动轨迹及工件的平面度。研究结果表明,该方法使平面加工精度提高了50.77%,并验证了几何误差模型的正确性及几何误差补偿方法的有效性。     

数控机床热误差补偿高次多阶ADL模型应用分析

综合运用模糊聚类和灰色关联度理论对机床温度监测传感器进行了优选。同时针对现行常用的多元回归模型,采用自回归分布滞后模型（ADL模型）对数控机床热误差进行了建模。在获得较高精度基础上,对ADL模型进行扩展,提出了高次多阶ADL建模技术,并对其建模方法及精度进行了分析比对,实例证明,提出的高次多阶ADL模型在数控机床热误差补偿技术中具有较高的建模精度。