Improving Clamping Accuracy of Thin-walled Workpiece in Turning Operation

Abstract

Abstract This study presents theoretical and experimental error analysis and avoidance which results from the fixation of a thin-walled metal disk workpiece on a duplex turning machine. The distance between the rotating workpiece surface and a fixed datum point is measured using a laser displacement sensor (LDS). The measured data are analyzed numerically to get the error in the fixation system in terms of Euler angles. Then the workpiece clamping points are axially adjusted according to the calculated angles. Moreover, the problem formulation and the solution procedures are presented in details. Finally, a case study has been used to verify the proposed approach. The results indicate that the proposed technique can be used to decrease the fixation error to a reasonable range.