Research on a Novel Method for Measuring Volumetric Error of Coordinate Measuring Machine
CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) is used as an accurate measuring instrument in manufacturing and design of products. High accurate CMM is required by the development of super-finish, micro-machinery, micro-electronic mechanical systems (MEMS). The precision of CMM is influenced by its volumetric error and dynamic error. The volumetric error is the major component during slowly probing, but the dynamic error is not omitted during fast probing. Compensating the volumetric error is an effective approach to improve the precision of CMM. The volumetric error in the working space of CMM must be measured and the error model must be set up before compensating. In this paper, a novel method to measure 5 volumetric errors of a guide way at the same time by 3-beam laser interferometer is proposed. The error compensating model is validated by experiment. The method can also be used to measure the dynamical error of CMM and CNC machine in real-time. The research can be referred to design the super higher accurate CMM and the accurate CNC machine.
A Hole-Plate Artifact Design for the Volumetric Error Calibration of CMM
To measure the volumetric error of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), a hole-plate artifact method was studied. Example designs of the hole-plate are shown using titanium and ceramic materials. The deflection by its own weight of the designed hole-plate is analysed using the finite element method. The hole distances moved by the deflection are shown in different hole-plate set-up cases, for vertical and horizontal positions. The influence of inside hole roundness as a measuring standard is also studied. Eccentric errors for different hole roundness are simulated. The hole-plate set-up errors are also discussed. A method for obtaining the parametric errors of a CMM is shown using the hole-plate as a measuring artifact for CMM positioning error. In addition, a method for measuring 2D and 3D length errors using the hole-plate data is introduced.
A reference object based method to determine the parametric error components of coordinate measuring machines and machine tools
Abstract A procedure has been developed at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundensanstalt (PTB) which allows the parametric errors of coordinate measuring machines and machine tools to be measured using two-dimensional or three-dimensional reference objects. This procedure is faster and, in general, at least as accurate as conventional methods which measure each of the 21 error parameters separately. A pre-calibrated two-dimensional object measured in four defined positions in the working space is favoured.