Machine Tool Metrology

Machine Tool Metrology

Machine Tool Metrology

Maximizing reader insights into the key scientific disciplines of Machine Tool Metrology, this text will prove useful for the industrial-practitioner and those interested in the operation of machine tools. Within this current level of industrial-content, this book incorporates significant usage of the existing published literature and valid information obtained from a wide-spectrum of manufacturers of plant, equipment and instrumentation before putting forward novel ideas and methodologies. Providing easy to understand bullet points and lucid descriptions of metrological and calibration subjects, this book aids reader understanding of the topics discussed whilst adding a voluminous-amount of footnotes utilised throughout all of the chapters, which adds some additional detail to the subject. Featuring an extensive amount of photographic-support, this book will serve as a key reference text for all those involved in the field.

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Machine generated contents note: Section 1: Developments in Performance Assessment and Verification of -- Machine Tools and CMMs -- A general purpose thermal error compensation system -- for CNC machine tools -- A.J. White, S.R Postlethwaite & D.G. Ford -- A methodology for the performance verification of co-ordinate -- measuring machines using a laser interferometer and a novel artefact -- G.F. Costello & MT. Hillery -- A new slant on diagonal laser testing -- T.J. Morris -- Assessment of the volumetric accuracy of a machine with geometric -- compensation -- A.P. Longstaff, S.R. Postlethwaite & D.G. Ford -- A stereometric artefact for volumetric calibration of machining centres -- G.T. Smith, C Sims, A.D. Hope & M. Gull -- Diagnosis and compensation of motion errors in NC machine tools -- by arbitrary shape contouring error measurement -- S. Ibaraki, Y. Kakino, K Lee, Y Ihara, J. Braasch & A. Eberherr -- Measuring and modelling thermal distortion on CNC machine tools -- A.J. White, S.R. Postlethwaite & D.G. Ford -- On the accuracy of rotary tables -- T. Schlicksbier & J. Braasch -- Performance assessment of machine tools and co-ordinate -- measuring machines - some recent developments at UMIST -- M. Burdekin -- Performance verification for large volume metrology systems -- T.A. Clarke, X Wang, N.R. Cross, A.B. Forbes & P.M. Fossati -- The application of artefacts and lasers to performance verification -- of co-ordinate measuring machines -- A.D. Hope & D.M.S. Blackshaw -- The calibration of co-ordinate measuring machines -- and touch trigger probes -- R.A.E. Aston, E.J. Davis & A. W. Duffill -- Vibration modelling of machine tool structures -- F. Haase, S. Lockwood & D.G. Ford -- Section 2: Co-Ordinate Metrology and its Application to Manufacturing -- Performance and Industrial Inspection -- A new 6-D measuring device for rotary table calibration -- W. Schroder, J. Braasch & T. Schlicksbier -- Dimensional metrology into the Millennium -- G.N. Peggs -- Factors affecting the integration of co-ordinate measuring machines -- in automated manufacturing cells -- N.B. Orchard -- Inspection technology in the aero engine industry -- D.F. Toller -- Sensitivity of a 3-D surface mapping system -- to environmental perturbations -- J. W. McBride, M. Hill, J. Loh & D. Zhang -- The NPL Small CMM - 3-D measurement of small features -- A. Lewis, S. Oldfield& G.N. Peggs -- Ultra precision machining on a CNC diamond turning machine -- J. Lamb -- Section 3: Developments in BSI and ISO Machine Tool Accuracy -- Developments in BSI and ISO machine tool accuracy standards -- M. Gull -- A review of proposals for amendments to the ISO 230 Standards -- V. Chiles & D.MS. Blackshaw -- Section 4: Numerical and Computational Tools -- Advances in surface analysis technology -- X.Q. Jiang & L. Blunt -- A novel systematic approach to modeling precision-machined surfaces -- based on mathematical transforms -- K. Cheng, X. Luo & D. Webb -- Ball-screw thermal errors - a finite element simulation -- for on-line estimation -- J.M. Freeman, A.J. White & D.G. Ford -- Computer aided error analysis of three-dimensional precision -- surface mapping system -- M. Hill, J. W. McBride, D. Zhang & J. Loh -- Identification of damping elements in a CNC machine tool drive -- G. Holroyad C. Pislaru & D.G. Ford -- Improving CNC machine tools performance by using modular approach -- C. Pislaru, D.G. Ford & J.M. Freeman -- The reconstruction of cyclically perturbed signals from aliased data -- J.M. Freeman & D.G. Ford -- Volumetric compensation through the machine controller -- S. Fletcher, S.R. Postlethwaite & D.G. Ford -- Section 5: Gear and Transmission Technology -- 3D gear measurement by CMM -- W. Lotze & F. Haertig -- t Verifying position errors in CNC gear measuring instruments -- using a laser interferometer with dynamic data capture software -- R. Bicker, R.C. Frazer & D. Wehmeyer -- Section 6: Tolerance and Uncertainty -- Tolerance and uncertainty -- W. Knapp -- Validation of CMM form and tolerance assessment software -- M.G. Cox, M.P. Dainton, A.B. Forbes & P.M. Harris -- Index of Authors