Papers by Author: Yao Man Zhang

Abstract: Lathe bed is one of the important parts of machine tool, and its performance will affect the final machining accuracy of the machine tool directly. A numerical control lathe produced by a machine tool plant was taken as the research object, the finite element analysis and optimization method of the Lathe bed were studied. First of all, the external load of the bed was analyzed, static performance finite element analysis of the bed was implemented, and the corresponding analysis results were obtained. Then, the evaluation methods were discussed, and the deformations of junction areas were studied. At the same time, its effect on the performance of machine tool could also be analyzed. Based on the topology optimization method, the conceptual model of Lathe bed could be acquired, and also the rationality of the existing machine tool structure was discussed. The finite element analysis and optimization method of Lathe bed were concluded, which are helpful to obtain the static characteristics of the Lathe bed accurately. Moreover, there is an important practical significance to design the Lathe bed reasonably and to promote the machine tools comprehensive performance.

Abstract: The dynamic and thermal characteristics of spindle assembly will affect the final machining performance of a machine tool seriously. It is of great significance to study the dynamic and thermal characteristics of the spindle assembly for improving the level of machine tool's design and manufacturing. The paper takes a high precision computer numerical control lathe as the research object. First the thermal characteristics were obtained by using finite element method. Then the laser triangle measuring instrument and the infrared thermal imager were used to measure the temperature field and thermal deformation of the spindle assembly. Finally in order to get the thermal equilibrium time and the thermal deformation data of spindle system, the wavelet toolbox was used to deal with thermal testing data. The paper's work laid a foundation for the further research on the thermal characteristics analysis and thermal error's compensation of machine tools.

Abstract: Linear rolling guides are widely used in the NC machine tool, and usually the NC machine tool's characteristics shall been influenced by the characteristics of the guide greatly. The HSR series of liner rolling guides are taken as the research object of the paper. The methods of constructing the dynamic finite element analysis models are studied. The contact element is applied to simulate the characteristics of junction surfaces during the static characteristic analysis. The spring damping element is applied during the dynamic characteristic analysis. The static stiffness, natural frequencies, modal shapes and other characteristics are obtained by finite element analysis. Then the experiments of linear rolling guide are carried out and verified the model that had been built and calculation results of finite element analysis.

Abstract: The dynamic characteristic of junction surface is an important part of the dynamic characteristics of NC machine tools, and it is sometimes the weakest link of the machine tool's dynamic characteristics. The precision of the finite element calculation of the machine tool's dynamic characteristics shall be affected by the junction surface parameters directly. Linear Motion guide is one of the most widely used components of the NC machine tool, and its characteristic is one of the most important components of the performances of the NC machine tool. The HSR series of linear motion guides are taken as the object of the paper, and its static and dynamic characteristics are studied. And the parameters of static and dynamic characteristics of HSR, such as static stiffness, natural frequency and modal shape are obtained. The accuracy of the finite element analysis mode is verified, which establishes the foundation for the dynamics analysis of machine tool.

Abstract: Theperformances of the turning center will be influenced by its thermalcharacteristics seriously, and accurately predict thermal characteristic of themachine tool is helpful to improve the design level. The headstock of a high precision turning center has been regarded as the researchobjects, and its thermal properties and influence on the performance of the turningcenter are studied. First based the finite element analysis model that has beenconstructed, the steady temperature field distribution and thermal equilibriumtime of the headstock are calculated, and then the temperature field andthermal deformation have been calculated also, and analysis to identify thetrend of the headstock heat distortion are also been done. Some of the keyfactors on the thermal performance of turning center are also studied. Thestudy lays a foundation for the thermal error compensation of the headstock.

Abstract: The performances of the high precision turning center will be influenced by the thermal characteristics of the headstock seriously, and accurately predict thermal characteristics of the headstock are helpful to improve the design level. The headstock of a high precision turning center produced by some plant has been regarded as the research objects of the paper. First the steady temperature distribution and thermal deformation of the headstock were calculated based the finite element analysis models of the headstock. Then the temperature sensitive points of the headstock were obtained by using the grey incidence analysis method. Finally the thermal error compensation model was built by using multiple linear regression method. The study lays a foundation for the thermal error compensation of the headstock of the turning center.

Abstract: The performances of the precision machine tool will be influenced by its thermal characteristics seriously, and accurately predict the thermal characteristic of the key component of the machine tool is helpful to improve the design level. The headstock of a high precision CNC lathes has been regarded as the research objects, and the thermal properties and its influence on the performance of the machine tool are studied. Finite element analysis model of the headstock has been constructed, and the simulation calculations of the steady temperature field distribution and thermal equilibrium time of the headstock are calculated, and then the analysis to identify the thermal deformation trends of the spindle assembly and the heat distortion of the headstock are also been done. Some of the key factors that have significant influence on the thermal characteristic of the high precision machine tools are also studied. The analysis reveals that the performances of the machine tool will be influenced by the hot asymmetric, the study lays a foundation for the optimization design and thermal error compensation of the spindle assembly.

Abstract: It’s always an important means of measuring and improving the performance of machine tools with spindle error test and error analysis. Based on the analysis of the dynamic and thermal performance of spindle, the study is focused on how to get thermal deformation and temperature field by experimental methods. First of all, spindle error analysis methods are researched. Furthermore, developed a spindle error test and analysis system, established a set of complete structure system for spindle error test and analysis. Finally, tests are performed to demonstrate the feasibility of the error test and analysis system of the spindle, which laid foundation for the further research on the experimental analysis of machine tools.

Abstract: The final manufacturing performances of the machine tools will be influenced by its thermal characteristics seriously and accurately predict thermal characteristic is helpful to improve the machine design level. Based on the analysis on factors that influence machine thermal characteristic, finite element analysis model of the headstock has been constructed, and the steady temperature field distribution and thermal equilibrium time calculation of the headstock are calculated, and then the temperature field and thermal deformation of the headstock under the action of heat and structure load have been calculated, and analysis to identify the trend of the spindle assembly and headstock heat distortion are also been done. The analysis reveals the machine processing performance influence will be influenced by the hot asymmetric, the study give priority to spindle assembly of optimization design, thermal error compensation.

Abstract: The linear rolling guideway is one of the most essential parts of the machine tool. So it is very important to analyze the dynamic-static characteristic of the machine tool by considering rolling guideway for the study of the effect on machinery function. The research is based on a NC machine tool produced by a certain plant of machine tools. In this study, methods of simulating the rolling guideway support were studied; and the configuration of the spring damper elements of the bearing supports were investigated. The finite element analysis on the CKS6125 machine tool was used to confirm its dynamic characteristics. The finite element analysis models were validated by some experiments.