Backlash Error Measurement and Compensation on the Vertical Machining Center英文文献资料.docVIP

Engineering, 2010, 2, 403-407 doi:10.4236/eng.2010.26053 Published Online June 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng) Backlash Error Measurement and Compensation on the Vertical Machining Center Huanlao Liu , Xiaoning Xue, Guangyu Tan * Engineering college, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China E-mail: hl66@163.com, {xuexn, tangy}@ Received December 21, 2009; revised February 9, 2010; accepted February 18, 2010 Abstract The position errors in the axis direction of a vertical machine center have been measured by means of the VM101 linear encored measurement system. The character of the backlash error is discussed; results show that the backlash error has great influence on the position error. The position accuracy is enhanced after the backlash errors are compensated. Keywords: Position Error, Backlash Error, Error Model, Artificial Neural Network 1. Introduction positioning accuracy and repeatability along the body diagonals. The circular test can also be used in assessing the accuracy of the machine tools and the identification of backlash error, a software strategy that is able to com- pensate the backlash error [8]. Backlash error can be obtained through some kinds of methods, it is either time-costly (laser interferometer) or only the maximum value obtained (DBB) and the effects of backlash error on the machine accuracy are not dis- cussed in detail so far. The aim of the investigation pre- sented in this paper was to illustrate the effects of the backlash error on the position accuracy of the machine tools and attracted more attention about the backlash error in the machine production process. VM101 Comparator System, which has the advantages of easy operation, time-less and also high accuracy, was used to measure the axis linear displacement and backlash error in this paper. A simple introduction about the sys- tem and measurement process was given in the following section. The third p