Yukitoshi Ihara

STUDY ON-MACHINE WORK PIECE MEASUREMENT ON 5-AXIS CONTROLLED MACHINING CENTER

ABSTRACT The study presents an application of machined work piece measurement system with the laser displacement sensor and CS axis control on five-axis controlled machining center. Generally, post-process measurement of multi-face machined product is carried on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), however, this way cannot achieve either high productivity because of loading and unloading of work piece nor low cost with expensive CMM. To solve this problem, On-machine work piece measurement with the laser displacement sensor is proposed in this paper. The main objective of this research is to establish work piece measurement system on five-axis controlled machining center and to develop measurement software for On-machine work piece measurement, which collaborate commercial CAD/CAD software.