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Method and apparatus for characterizing and enhancing the dynamic performance of machine tools

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OSTI ID:1110781

Disclosed are various systems and methods for assessing and improving the capability of a machine tool. The disclosure applies to machine tools having at least one slide configured to move along a motion axis. Various patterns of dynamic excitation commands are employed to drive the one or more slides, typically involving repetitive short distance displacements. A quantification of a measurable merit of machine tool response to the one or more patterns of dynamic excitation commands is typically derived for the machine tool. Examples of measurable merits of machine tool performance include dynamic one axis positional accuracy of the machine tool, dynamic cross-axis stability of the machine tool, and dynamic multi-axis positional accuracy of the machine tool.

Research Organization:
Y-12 (Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22800
Assignee:
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
8,610,393
Application Number:
12/760,115
OSTI ID:
1110781
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Development and application of a system for evaluating the feed-drive errors on computer numerically controlled machine tools journal October 1996
Predictive modeling of surface roughness and tool wear in hard turning using regression and neural networks journal April 2005
Development of a measuring method for motion accuracy of NC machine tools using links and rotary encoders journal January 2009
A new calibration method for parallel kinematics machine tools using orientation constraint journal July 2009

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