With respect to current manufacturing tolerances, the inspection of screw threads in the field of precision engineering requires measurement uncertainties that cannot be achieved with the standardized measuring procedure in the current EURAMET cg-10 calibration guide. Because the conventional measuring strategy and evaluation method for calibrating screw threads refers only to specific lines along two axial sections, the complexity of the 3D workpiece is not taken into account. The manufacturing industry requires a paradigm shift from line-oriented to areal-oriented measuring strategies. This article presents a holistic approach that starts with the parameterization of complex screw thread geometry, continues with a concept for an areal measuring strategy and ends with the 3D evaluation of the gathered point cloud and the determination of the measurement uncertainty using numerical simulation.
The novel approach for holistic screw thread calibrations developed by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt was published in 2019. A significant achievement has been made in order to meet increasing demands in manufacturing processes and quality assurance, particularly when workpieces with complex geometries are under inspection. This article deals with the verification of the previously presented three-dimensional calibration procedure for screw threads. Screw thread pitch diameters, the lead and flank angles are compared to those determined by the standardized method based on line-like, rather two-dimensional measurements and evaluation. In order to provide a reliable basis for the verification, one thread gauge was calibrated under laboratory conditions for precision metrology. Additionally, calibrations were conducted by three alternating operators on three different coordinate measuring machines to investigate the influence by user and machine. The resulting normalized errors | E n | of screw thread determinants under test and reference values are significantly smaller than 0.5 which indicates a high level of agreement.
ZusammenfassungGewinde sind Maschinenelemente mit vielseitiger Funktionalität. Sie werden zum Befestigen, Verbinden, Abdichten oder Zentrieren verwendet und in großen Stückzahlen hergestellt. Dabei steigen die Anforderungen an die Fertigung und Qualitätssicherung stetig an. Nach aktuellen Normen und Richtlinien erfolgt die Prüfung der Bestimmungsgrößen an Gewinden stichprobenartig in wenigen festgelegten Axialschnitten und Prüfebenen. Die komplex geformten und stark gekrümmten Werkstückoberflächen von Gewindeflanken werden deshalb hinsichtlich ihrer Funktionalität unzureichend bewertet. Das neuartige Messverfahren basiert auf einem dreidimensionalen mathematischen Modell zur Beschreibung der Gewindegeometrie. Die Aufnahme der Messpunkte als Ist-Punktewolke erfolgt durch eine flächenhafte Messstrategie auf konventionellen Koordinatenmessgeräten. Der anschließende ganzheitliche Auswertealgorithmus ermöglicht erstmals die Bestimmung aller relevanten Bestimmungsgrößen am Gewinde auf Basis eines einzigen Datensatzes. Des Weiteren liefert der neue Auswertealgorithmus erstmals ein Ergebnis für die lokalen Bestimmungsgrößen, welche zur Berechnung des Paarungsflankendurchmessers benötigt werden.
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