Techniques for calibrating spindles with nanometer error motion

Precision Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-123

  Grejda, Robert ^a   Marsh, Eric ^b   Vallance, Ryan ^c  

^a Corning Tropel Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donaldson reversal; Error separation; Estler reversal; Spindle calibration; Spindle metrology

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DONALDSON REVERSAL; ESTLER REVERSAL; SPINDLE CALIBRATION; SPINDLE METROLOGY;

PRECISION BALANCES;

EID: 10044253514     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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