A synchronization approach for the minimization of contouring errors of CNC machine tools

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-729

  Sun, Dong ^a   Tong, Ming Chau ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ASM Assembly Automation Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CNC machine tools; Contouring error; Cross coupling control; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CNC MACHINE TOOLS; CONTOURING ERROR; CROSS-COUPLING CONTROL; CROSS-COUPLINGS; FEED-FORWARD; MULTI-AXIS CNC MACHINE; MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL; POSITION ERRORS; POSITION SYNCHRONIZATION; SATURATION CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR; SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS; TRACKING CONTROLLER;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; COUPLINGS; ERROR COMPENSATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FEEDBACK; OPTIMIZATION; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRACKING (POSITION);

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 70350037714     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2009.2021970     Document Type: Article

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