An optimized and virtual on-machine measurement planning model

• Main Authors: Stojadinović Slavenko M., Durakbasa Numan M., Živanović Saša T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade 2020-01-01
• Series: FME Transactions
• Subjects: virtual; on-machine measurement; aco; cai; cam; prismatic parts; simulation
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1451-2092/2020/1451-20922004745S.pdf

The specific needs of customers set requirements like flexibility and custom-made products, as well as quick placement of products on the markets. Mass customization responds to these requirements and imposes new demands inside manufacturing systems such as optimization and virtualization of machining and measurement processes. A contribution in that direction is presented in this paper, pertaining to development and verification an on-machine measurement planning model. The aim of the verification is to visualize collision check between the measuring head placed in the tool holder and the workpiece on the machine tool working table. The virtual on-machine measurement was realized on the configured virtual machine tool LOLA HBG80 in the CAD environment. The measurement path is generated by a new planning methodology, then optimized using ants colony, programed and verified by simulations through few examples of standard forms of tolerance. The output of the simulation process is the G-code for real on-machine measurement for prismatic parts of medium and rough dimensional accuracy.