Tool compensation by means of touch trigger probes in CNC turning

Author

Valiño, G. ; Prado, Y. ; Rico, J.C. ; Álvarez, B.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Constr. & Manuf. Eng., Univ. of Oviedo, Gijon, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The current demand for high quality products has lead to the necessity of a total dimensional control of workpieces produced in order to avoid dimensional errors. Inspection techniques were developed and progressively integrated into machine tools leading to the on-machine-measuring (OMM) concept. Among other methods, touch-trigger-probes (TTPs) inspired on CMMs were adopted but their actual on-machine accuracy is not reported by manufacturers. Therefore, this work describes the main applications and characteristics of two types of TTPs for CNC lathes or turning centers and analyzes their utilization for presetting of tools.

Keywords

computerised numerical control; coordinate measuring machines; inspection; lathes; turning (machining); CMM; CNC lathes; CNC turning; dimensional errors; high quality products; inspection techniques; machine tools; onmachine-measuring concept; tool compensation; touch trigger probes; touch-trigger-probes; workpieces dimensional control; Computer numerical control; Costs; Error correction; Inspection; Machine tools; Machining; Manufacturing; Probes; Turning; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Mallorca

ISSN

1946-0759

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2727-7

Electronic_ISBN

1946-0759

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347132

Filename

5347132