High-Efficient Calculation Method for Sensitive PDGEs of Five-Axis Reconfigurable Machine Tool

• Main Authors: Zhanqun Song, Shuang Ding, Zhiwei Chen, Zhongwang Lu, Zhouzhou Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
• Series: Machines
• Subjects: sensitive geometric errors identification; reconfigurable machine tool; position-dependent geometric errors; high-efficient calculation method
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/9/5/84

Sensitive geometric errors of a machine tool have significant influence on machining accuracy, and it is important to identify them. Complex modeling and analysis must be carried out to identify the sensitive geometric errors of a five-axis machine tool by using the traditional method. Once the configuration structure of the machine tools is reconstructed, repetitive error modeling and analysis are required, and the identification cycle of sensitive geometric errors is long. Therefore, this paper proposes a high-efficient calculation method for sensitive position-dependent geometric error (PDGEs) identification of a five-axis reconfigurable machine tool. According to the results of sensitive geometric errors of the RTTTR-type and TTTRR-type five-axis machine tools, the mapping expressions between sensitive PDGEs and the configuration structure of machine tools was established. In this method, sensitive PDGEs can be calculated directly according to the mapping expression, which eliminates the process of error modeling and analysis. Taking a RTTTR-type five-axis machine tool as an example, the sensitive PDGEs were calculated according to the presented mapping expressions without error modeling and analysis. A series of analysis points in the machining area were selected to compare the machining errors before and after sensitive PDGE compensation. The results show that this calculation method is accurate.