IP Library Granted Patent US 9,110,458
Granted Patent B2
US 9,110,458 · App. 13/349,783 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Positioning control apparatus and machine tool provided therewith

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Patent No.
US 9,110,458
App. No.
13/349,783
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positioning control apparatus has a moving body, a feed device having a guide mechanism for guiding the moving body in the direction of its feed axis and a drive mechanism for moving the moving body, a structural body supporting the feed device and a controller for controlling a moving position of the moving body with respect to a reference position on a machine tool by controlling the operation of the drive mechanism, and further has a calculating section calculating displacement of the feed device in the feed-axis direction with respect to the reference position caused by displacement of the structural body and a compensating section receiving the displacement data measured by the calculating section and adding modification data for eliminating the displacement to a control signal in the controller.

Claims (12)

1. A positioning control apparatus comprising:

a moving body;

a feed device having a guide mechanism for guiding the moving body in a predetermined feed-axis direction and a drive mechanism for moving the moving body;

a structural body supporting the feed device; and

a controller for controlling a moving position of the moving body with respect to a predetermined reference position by controlling an operation of the drive mechanism;

wherein the positioning control apparatus has:

a calculating section which calculates a displacement amount of the feed device in the feed-axis direction with respect to the reference position caused by displacement of the structural body, the displacement of the structural body occurring due to a reaction force which is against a force applied to the moving body when the moving body is moved by the feed device and which acts on the structural body through the feed device, and

a compensating section which receives the displacement amount calculated by the calculating section and adds a modification amount for eliminating the displacement amount to a control signal for controlling the drive mechanism in the controller; and

the calculating section calculates the displacement amount x of the feed device in the feed-axis direction with respect to the reference position caused by displacement of the structural body using a following equation:

x=f/K−x″/ω 2 ,

where f is the force acting on the structural body and is also the reaction force against the force applied to the moving body, K is an elastic coefficient of the structural body, ω is a natural angular frequency of the structural body, and x″ is acceleration of the moving body.

2. A machine tool having the positioning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a tool or a workpiece is attached to the moving body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 2, 2013
From: MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
To: DMG MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031746/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2012
From: KIMURA, AKIRA; YAMAMOTO, KOJI; ONO, KATSUHIKO; NISHIMURA, KIMIYUKI; UENO, KENICHIRO; NAKAMACHI, KEIICHI
To: MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027528/0396 →