Active vibration suppression of NC machine tools for high-speed contouring motions

In this study, we describe a novel mechanical vibration suppression method for high-speed contouring motions. In this method, vibration compensation torque was applied to suppress mechanical vibrations during high-speed contouring motions. The parameters of the compensation signal were determined using commanded acceleration and time for acceleration and deceleration, which were set as numerical control (NC) parameters. We also propose an autonomous compensation-torque-generation algorithm based on the acceleration command from NC. The effectiveness of this method was assessed by measuring and simulating rectangular corner contouring motions in which the compensation torque is applied. The results confirmed that the proposed method can effectively suppress the vibration when the motion direction changes. This method can also be effectively performed at various feed speeds by automatically adapting the torque based on the proposed criteria.