What usually causes today’s machine tools to exhibit position error?
The answer: thermal error
Under changing temperatures, machine components contract and expand. If not compensated for, this can cause surprisingly large deviations.
To make matters worse, thermally induced changes in the feed mechanism are invisible to conventional control loops.
The solution: Implement closed-loop control on the machine’s linear and rotary axes. Closed-loop control goes a long way toward ensuring accurate contours and in-spec workpieces—from single-part to large-batch production.
Learn more: https://www.heidenhain.com/industries/machine-tool/accuracy
