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International Journal of Machine Tools Manufacture 43 (2003) 871–877 Accuracy enhancement of five-axis CNC machines through real- time error compensation W.T. Lei a,∗, Y.Y. Hsu b a Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC Received 18 January 2003; accepted 11 March 2003 Abstract Although error modeling and compensation have given significant results for three-axis CNC machine tools, a few barriers have prevented this promising technique from being applied in five-axis CNC machine tools. One crucial barrier is the difficulty of measuring or identifying link errors in the rotary block of five-axis CNC machine tools. The error model is thus not fully known. To overcome this, the 3D probe-ball and spherical test method are successfully developed to measure and estimate these unknown link errors. Based on the identified error model, real-time error compensation methods for the five-axis CNC machine tool are investigated. The proposed model-based error compensation method is simple enough to implement in real time. Problems associated with the error compensation in singular position of the five-axis machine tool are also discussed. Experimental results show that the overall position accuracy of the five-axis CNC machine tool can be improved dramatically.  2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Accuracy enhancement; Five-axis machine tool; Probe-ball; Error compensation 1. Introduction error sources on the overall position errors exactly, it is