Positioning Error Compensation for Machining Center Based on Spline Interpolation

Abstract

Related to the machining precision, especially for the middle and low end machining center, the positioning error is often considered as a major factor, which can be traditionally decreased by the pitch compensation function integrated in the CNC system. However, the function is just founded on that all of positioning errors remain constant in the machining process, and it is difficulty to meet the compensation needs in different machining condition. At the same time, it involves a mass of parameters that need professional manual correction. Therefore, the software error compensation method is put forward. Firstly, based on cubic spline interpolation, the error compensation model is designed through the processing of positioning error which is collected by the laser interferometer. Secondly, with the characteristics of G codes, the database is established for error compensation, which can effectively correct different machining G codes with enough error information. Finally, by the experiment and accuracy evaluation, results show that after the positioning error of machining center is compensated by the presented scheme, its precision is improved obviously.