| Abstract: | This paper presents a system developed for on-line vibration control on a CNC lathe. The on-line vibration control system is composed of two subsystems, namely, the vibration monitoring subsystem, and the vibration reduction subsystem. A simple chatter criterion was adopted in the vibration monitoring subsystem in order to detect the occurrence of chatter as soon as possible. The vibration reduction subsystem is then triggered to suppress vibrations when chatter was detected. It was shown that chatter can be detected by comparing the standard deviation of signal collected on-line to an off-line experimentally determined value. The vibration reduction subsystem provides possible ways to reduce vibrations by adjusting cutting parameters including cutting speed and feed rate. Series of experimental tests were conducted to verify the feasibility of the proposed system. It was shown that the proposed system can generally detect the occurrence of chatter and reduce vibrations effectively when chatter occur. |
