Real Time Control Of Spindle Runout

T. G. Bifano; T. A. Dow

doi:10.1117/12.7973594

1 August 1985 Real Time Control Of Spindle Runout

T. G. Bifano, T. A. Dow

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 24, Issue 5, 245888 (August 1985). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973594

Abstract

An example of a physical system whose mechanical accuracy can be improved by feedback control is a motor-driven spindle. Such a system is being used as a test-bed to study measurement and actuation systems as well as control algorithms. The specific apparatus reported utilizes an eddy-current probe for runout error measurement, a piezo-electric crystal to move the spindle to reduce the error, and a minicom-puter using a FORTRAN program for the feedback controller. The spindle runout before correction is in the 2.5 itm (100 gin.) range; with the error correction system in place, this error is reduced to less than 0.25 um (10 pin.)-an order of magnitude improvement. While the corrected runout figures for this spindle are still above those of a precision air-bearing spindle, the technique presents new possibilities for precision spindle performance including correction for wear, thermal deformations, and unbalanced loads.

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T. G. Bifano and T. A. Dow "Real Time Control Of Spindle Runout," Optical Engineering 24(5), 245888 (1 August 1985). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973594

Published: 1 August 1985

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