Spindle thermal drift measurement using the laser ball bar

Precision Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 118-128

  Srinivasa, N ^a   Ziegert, John C ^b   Mize, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Tetra Tech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser ball bar; Spindle thermal drifts; Thermal errors

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING CENTERS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAPACITANCE GAUGE; ELASTIC ERRORS; GEOMETRIC ERRORS; LASER BALL BAR; MACHINE ERRORS; MACHINE TOOL ACCURACY; SPINDLE THERMAL DRIFT; THERMAL ERRORS;

PRECISION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030126212     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-6359(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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