The present invention relates to a modal testing and parameter identification method for predicting the cutting stability. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cross-axis and cross-point modal testing and parameter identification method for predicting the cutting stability.
Stability prediction of cutting process is helpful to improve machining quality of parts, improve material removal rate, reduce tool wear, and avoid damage to machine spindle due to violent vibrations. At present, stability prediction of cutting process is usually achieved by drawing stability lobe diagram, that is, the machining parameter domain is divided by the calculated stability lobes into three different combinations which are stable, unstable and critically stable. On this basis, further design of chatter suppression scheme and optimization of chatter-free machining parameters can be carried out.
This kind of methods needs to establish a time-delay cutting dynamic equation, which involves the modal mass matrix, modal damping matrix, modal stiffness matrix and mode shape matrix. One of the key steps of implementing such methods is how to expand the corresponding modal analysis to obtain these dynamic parameter matrices accurately. By searching related literatures and patents, it can be found that existing modal analysis methods for the prediction of cutting stability mainly include the numerical simulation methods based on finite element analysis and the experimental testing methods based on hammer tests. The numerical simulation methods based on finite element analysis generally need to execute the precise mesh generation to the structure, which bring the loss of computational efficiency. At the same time, it is necessary to accurately establish, set and input the geometric model, boundary conditions and material parameters for the structure to be tested. These make the calculation accuracy difficult to guarantee.
On the other hand, because of has the advantages of model building simply, accurate computation and fast data processing, the experimental testing methods based on hammer tests have been widely studied and applied. Related literatures and patents of this kind of methods mainly focus on the acquisition of dynamic parameters at the tool tip. REF.1 (B. P. Mann, K. A. Young, T. L. Schmitz, D. N. Dilley, Simultaneous Stability and Surface Location Error Predictions in Milling, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 127 (2005) 446) puts forward a prediction method of milling stability. This method, as shown in
In view of the deficiency of existing methods, the present invention provides a cross-axis and cross-point modal testing and parameter identification method for the cutting stability prediction, so as to obtain the dynamic parameters of cutting system that take both the cross-axis and cross-point mode couplings into consideration. As shown in
Step 1 Install the cutter in the handle, clamp the handle in the machine tool spindle, and establish cutter coordinate system: the origin of coordinates is set on the free end of the cutter, the feed direction of cutter is set as the X axis, the direction perpendicular to the surface to be machined is set as Y axis wherein the outward direction for down milling and inward direction for up milling, and the Z axis is set as the direction away from the free end of the cutter and along the cutter axis.
Step 2 Starting from the free end of the cutter in a certain distance along the cutter axis, mark q nodes which will be impacted by the hammer, install a miniature tri-axial acceleration sensor at the tool tip, and impact at each node in two horizontally orthogonal X and Y directions with the hammer, to measure all the transfer functions of the spindle-handle-cutter system at each node.
Step 3 For the transfer functions measured via Step 2, eliminate all transfer functions measured by Z axis of the acceleration sensor, and then divide the remaining transfer functions into two different transfer function groups according to the vibration response measured by X or Y axis of the acceleration sensor, and the two groups of transfer function are marked as {FRFx} and {FRFy}, respectively.
Step 4 Identify the dynamic parameters respectively from the two groups of different transfer functions {FRFx} and {FRFy} obtained in Step 3. Based on {FRFx}, the identified previous m order dynamic parameters are expressed as follows. Natural frequencies are ωnx,1, ωnx,2, . . . , ωnx,m. Damping ratios are ξx,1, ξx,2, . . . , ξx,m. Mode shape matrix is ψx=[φx,1φx,2 . . . φx,m]2q×m, where the dimension of φx,j(j=1, 2, . . . , m) is 2q×1 and φx,j represents the j-th order mode shape vector corresponding to each impact node in the principle vibration direction of X direction. Based on {FRFy} , the identified previous in order dynamic parameters are expressed as follows. Natural frequencies are ωny,1, ωny,2, . . . , ωny,m. Damping ratios are ξy,1, ξy,2, . . . , ξy,m. Mode shape matrix is ψy=[φy,1φy,2 . . . φy,m], 2q×m, where the dimension of φy,j(j=1, 2, . . . , m) is 2q×1 and φy,j represents the j-th order mode shape vector corresponding to each impact node in the principle vibration direction of Y direction.
Step 5 Divide the contact region between the cutter and workpiece under a given axial cutting depth αp along the cutter axis into p cutting layer differentiators. According to the relative position between the center of each differentiator and above impact nodes, allocate these differentiators the value of the mode shape identified by Step 4 through linear interpolation.
Step 6 According to different modal order, assemble different types of dynamic parameters into modal mass, damping, stiffness and mode shape matrices, and these matrices should match the system dynamic model. After assembly, one can obtain:
modal mass matrix
modal damping matrix
modal stiffness matrix
mode shape matrix: ψ=[{tilde over (φ)}x,1 {tilde over (φ)}y,1 {tilde over (φ)}x,2 {tilde over (φ)}y,2 . . . {tilde over (φ)}x,m {tilde over (φ)}y,m]2p×2m, where the dimension of {tilde over (φ)}d,j(j=1, 2, . . . , m; d=x or y) is 2p×1 and {tilde over (φ)}d,j represents the j-th order mode shape vector corresponding to each cutting layer differentiator in the principle vibration direction of X or Y direction.
The present invention has the beneficial effects that the method firstly installs a miniature tri-axial acceleration sensor at the tool tip, and conducts cross-axis and cross-point experimental modal tests respectively in two horizontally orthogonal directions at preset nodes of the cutter axis using a force hammer The measured transfer functions are grouped according to different measuring axes, and the dynamic parameters (modal mass, damping, stiffness and mode shape) are separately identified from each group of transfer functions. Then, the contact region between the cutter and workpiece is divided into several cutting layer differentials along the cutter axis under the condition of a given axial cutting depth, and the differentials of each layer are allocated with the value of the mode shape identified at preset nodes through linear interpolation. After that, together with other dynamic parameters, all the parameters are assembled into system dynamic parameter matrices matching with the dynamic model. Finally, dynamic parameter matrices including the effects of cross-axis and cross-point model couplings are obtained. This method can significantly improve the accuracy of existing methods for predicting cutting stability, and further get more accurate stability lobes. Moreover, the acceleration sensor in the method only needs to be installed once.
Below, with the combination of attached drawings and technical solution, the concrete implementation process of the invention is explained in detail. As shown in
Step 1 Install the cutter in the handle, clamp the handle in the machine tool spindle, and establish cutter coordinate system: the origin of coordinates is set on the free end of the cutter, the feed direction of cutter is set as the X axis, the direction perpendicular to the surface to be machined is set as Y axis (outward for down milling and inward for up milling), and the Z axis is set as the direction away from the free end of the cutter and along the cutter axis.
Step 2 Starting from the free end of the cutter in a certain distance along the cutter axis, mark q nodes which will be impacted by the hammer, install a miniature tri-axial acceleration sensor at the tool tip, and impact at each node in two horizontally orthogonal X and Y directions with the hammer, to measure all the transfer functions of the spindle-handle-cutter system at each node.
Step 3 For the transfer functions measured via Step 2, eliminate all transfer functions measured by Z axis of the acceleration sensor, and then divide the remaining transfer functions into two different transfer function groups according to the vibration response measured by X or Y axis of the acceleration sensor, and the two groups of transfer function are marked as {FRFx} and {FRFy}, respectively, as shown in
Step 4 Identify the dynamic parameters respectively from the two groups of different transfer functions {FRFx} and {FRFy} obtained in Step 3. Based on {FRFx}, the identified previous in order dynamic parameters are expressed as follows. Natural frequencies are ωnx,1, ωnx,2, . . . , ωnx,m. Damping ratios are ξx,1, ξx,2, . . . , ξx,m. Mode shape matrix is ψx=[φx,1, φx,2, . . . , φx,m]2q×m, where the dimension of φx,j(j=1, 2, . . . , m) is 2q×1 and φx,j represents the j-th order mode shape vector corresponding to each impact node in the principle vibration direction of X direction. Based on {FRFy}, the identified previous in order dynamic parameters are expressed as follows. Natural frequencies are ωny,1, ωny,2, . . . , ωny,m. Damping ratios are ξy,1, ξy,2, . . . , ξy,m. Mode shape matrix is ψy=[φy,1, φy,2, . . . , φy,m]2q×m, where the dimension of φy,j(j=1,2, . . . , m) is 2q×1 and φy,j represents the j-th order mode shape vector corresponding to each impact node in the principle vibration direction of Y direction ψx and ψy can be expressed as follows, respectively:
where ud,c,α,β (d=x or y, c=x or y, α=1, 2, . . . , q, β=1, 2, . . . , m) is the value of the β-th order mode shape of the α-th impact node in c direction with the principle vibration direction of d direction
Step 5 Divide the contact region between the cutter and workpiece under a given axial cutting depth αp along the cutter axis into p cutting layer differentiators. According to the relative position between the center of each differentiator and above impact nodes, allocate these differentiators the value of the mode shape identified by Step 4 through linear interpolation.
Step 6 According to different modal order, assemble different types of dynamic parameters into modal mass, damping, stiffness and mode shape matrices and these matrices should match the system dynamic model. After assembly, one can obtain:
modal mass matrix:
modal damping matrix:
modal stiffness matrix:
mode shape matrix:
where ũ{tilde over (d)},{tilde over (c)},{tilde over (α)},{tilde over (β)} (d{tilde over ( )}=x or y, c{tilde over ( )}=x or y, α{tilde over ( )}=1, 2, . . . , p, β{tilde over ( )}1, 2 . . . , m) is the value of the {tilde over (β)}-th order mode shape of the {tilde over (α)}-th cutting layer differentiator in {tilde over (c)} direction with the principle vibration direction of {tilde over (d)} direction.
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