Effect of probe size and measurement strategies on assessment of freeform profile deviations using coordinate measuring machine |
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Authors: | G RajamohanMS Shunmugam GL Samuel |
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Affiliation: | Manufacturing Engineering Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India |
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Abstract: | Freeform profiles and surfaces have wider engineering applications. Designers use B-splines, Non-Uniform Rational B-splines, etc. to represent the freeform profiles in CAD, while the manufacturers employ machines with controllers based on approximating functions or splines that can cause deviations in manufactured parts. Deviations also creep in during the manufacturing operations. Therefore the manufactured freeform profiles have to be verified for conformance to design specification. Different points on the profile are probed using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and a substitute profile is established from the CMM data for comparison with design profile. The sample points are distributed according to different strategies. In the present work, two new strategies of distributing the points on the basis of curve length and dominant points are proposed considering the geometrical nature of the profiles. Metrological aspects such as probe contact and margins to be provided at the ends have also been included. The results are discussed in terms of form deviation with reference to substitute profile and positional deviation between design and substitute profiles, and compared with results of the strategies suggested in the literature. |
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Keywords: | Freeform profile Coordinate measuring machine Manufacturing deviations Probe size Measurement strategies Substitute profile Form deviation Positional deviation |
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