Investigation on Structural Mapping Laws of Sensitive Geometric Errors Oriented to Remanufacturing of Three-Axis Milling Machine Tools

Abstract

Three-axis milling machine tools are widely used in manufacturing enterprises, and they have enormous potential demands for remanufacturing to improve their performance. During remanufacturing a three-axis milling machine tool, the structure needs to be reconstructed, so it is necessary to identify sensitive geometric errors of the remanufactured machine tool. In the traditional sensitive geometric error identification method, complex error modeling and analysis must be conducted. Therefore, professional knowledge is required, and the process of the identification is cumbersome. This paper focused on the quick identification of sensitive geometric errors for remanufacturing of three-axis milling machine tools. Firstly, sensitive geometric errors of a three-axis milling machine tool were identified based on the multi-body system theory and partial differential method. Then, mapping laws between the sensitive geometric errors and the machine tool structure were firstly presented. According to the proposed mapping laws, the sensitive geometric errors can be identified quickly and easily without complex error modeling and analysis. Finally, the simulation and experiment show that the straightness error of milling is improved up to 0.007 mm by compensating the sensitive geometric errors identified by the proposed mapping laws. The table lookup method based on the mapping laws can quickly identify the sensitive geometric errors of three-axis milling machine tools, which is beneficial for the efficiency and precision of remanufacturing of machine tools.