Modeling and Identification of Ball Screw Feed Drive Systems

Abstract

In this paper, the ball screw feed drive system is simulated and it?s frequency response is studied. Various parameters effect on the dynamic behavior of the ball screw system have been investigated. Ball screw feed drive system is used in high speed machine tools due to their high efficiency. Estimation of the dynamic behavior of ball screw feed drive mechanism is very important in the industrial processes in order to get high demand for precision and accuracy in machine tools. Optimizing the drive operation can provide significant cost savings. A four degree of freedom system, lumped parameter model is used for modeling a single axis ball screw feed drive system and use it to study and analyze vibrations in this model. The mathematical modeling provides an important information about frequency response when applying different levels of table mass, stiffness of the nut, axial stiffness of the ball screw shaft and torsional stiffness of the ball screw on the system, to describe the effects of these parameters on the system dynamic behavior. The study of dynamic response of ball screw feed drive system provides a better performance control and better understanding of ball screw dynamics.