Contouring error modeling and simulation of a four-axis motion control system

ZHANG Dai-lin(张代林), ZHANG Xu(张旭), XIE Jing-ming(谢经明), YUAN Chu-ming(袁楚明), CHEN You-ping(陈幼平), TANG Yang-ping(汤漾平)

(School of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China)

Abstract:A layered modeling method is proposed to resolve the problems resulting from the complexity of the error model of a multi-axis motion control system. In this model, a low level layer can be used as a virtual axis by the high level layer. The first advantage of this model is that the complex error model of a four-axis motion control system can be divided into several simple layers and each layer has different coupling strength to match the real control system. The second advantage lies in the fact that the controller in each layer can be designed specifically for a certain purpose. In this research, a three-layered cross coupling scheme in a four-axis motion control system is proposed to compensate the contouring error of the motion control system. Simulation results show that the maximum contouring error is reduced from 0.208 mm to 0.022 mm and the integration of absolute error is reduced from 0.108 mm to 0.015 mm, which are respectively better than 0.027 mm and 0.037 mm by the traditional method. And in the bottom layer the proposed method also has remarkable ability to achieve high contouring accuracy.

Key words:layered modeling; ship model machining; motion control; cross coupling control