This work develops a machine for automatically measuring static/dynamic running parallelism for use in the linear guideway manufacturing industry. The automatic static/dynamic running parallelism measurement machine consists of a running parallelism measurement system, a linear motor, a precision granite air-suspension table, and a PC-based human-machine interface. The machine can be used simultaneously to measure the horizontal and vertical running parallelism of a linear guideway and automatically determine its accuracy. The measured parallelism is digitalized and analyzed to detect turning points in the linear guideway. The results concerning the accuracy of the running parallelism are not affected by the measurement platform. Experimental results showed that the standard deviation of the running parallelism measurement system is 0.4 μm and the measuring time is about 10 s for every 1000 mm of length (equal to a measuring speed of 0.1 m/s); this measurement time is 80% shorter than that of a traditional measurement system (which has a maximum speed of 1 m/s, a maximum sampling frequency of 100 kHz, and a maximum measurement length of 2000 mm).
The angular positioning error of the rotary stage causes low quality in milling various angles of a workpiece. This study proposes a solution that could improve these issues by using our Laser R-test for angular positioning calibration and compensation of the five-axis machine tools in compliance with the simultaneous measurement path of ISO regulations: ISO 10791-6 and ISO 230-2. System uncertainty analysis and calibration were implemented for system prediction. The measurement method proposed in this paper could solve concentricity problems between measurement devices and the rotary table by applying the Cosine theorem with a Cartesian coordinate system. Further, we used the commercial instrument XR20-W (Renishaw, UK) rotary axis calibrator to verify and compare the measured results on a CNC machine tool. The applied system achieves an angular error of 0.0121 degrees for actual workpieces and is smaller than the referring commercial system, which achieves an error of about 0.0022 degrees. The system in this research is useful for five-axis machine tool full calibrations.
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