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Micro-positioning tool post
Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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Filing: 1989-03-13
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Granted: 1991-01-22
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Expires: 2009-03-13
Abstract
Abstract A micro-positioning tool post comprises a flexible support which performs parallel motion and supports a tool, a piezoelectric actuator for displacing the flexible support, a displacement sensor for detecting displacement of the tool, and a state observer for receiving the voltage applied to the piezoelectric actuator and the output from the displacement sensor as input, producing an estimate of a velocity signal and feeding back the estimate to the voltage applied to the piezoelectric actuator. The feedback control greatly improves the dynamic stiffness of the tool post while also providing excellent static characteristics, dynamic characteristics and static stiffness.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuichi Okazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 10:50
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B19/19; B; B23; B23Q; B23Q1/00; B23Q1/25; B23Q1/26; B23Q1/34; B23Q1/36; G05B19/33; G05B19/35; G05B19/351; G05B19/353; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/37; G05B2219/37462; G05B2219/41; G05B2219/41144; G05B2219/41203; G05B2219/41345; G05B2219/41352; G05B2219/41367; G05B2219/42; G05B2219/42035; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T82/00; Y10T82/25; Y10T82/2531; Y10T82/2541; Y10T82/2585
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A micro-positioning tool post comprising: a tool stage which supports a tool and is supported on a flexible support so that the tool stage performs motion parallel to said flexible support; a piezoeletric actuator for displacing said tool stage; a displacement sensor for detecting displacement of said tool stage; a state observer which is a dynamical system for computing an estimate of a velocity signal of said tool stage from a voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator and an output from said displacement sensor; and means for feeding said estimate of the velocity signal back to the voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator; whereby said tool may be micro-positioned relative to a work piece.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A micro-positioning tool post comprising: a tool stage which supports a tool and is supported on a flexible support so that the tool stage performs motion parallel to said flexible support; a piezoeletric actuator for displacing said tool stage; a displacement sensor for detecting displacement of said tool stage; a state observer which is a dynamical system for computing an estimate of a velocity signal of said tool stage from a voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator and an output from said displacement sensor; and means for feeding said estimate of the velocity signal back to the voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator; whereby said tool may be micro-positioned relative to a work piece.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
97 words
The micro-positioning tool post according to claim 1, wherein said state observer produces an estimate x of a velocity signal x of said tool state from the voltage u applied to said piezoelectric actuator and the output x from said displacement sensor in accordance with the formulas: z=(-ω.sub.0.sup.2 -l)z+(-2ζω.sub.0.sup.2 +l)l)x+ku and .sub.X .tbd.Z +lx, in which k, ζ and ω 0 represent a sensitivity coefficient, a natural damping coefficient and a natural angular frequency, respectively, which are characteristic parameters of said tool post, l is an arbitrary positive integer of sufficient magnitude, and z is a variable.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of controlling a micro-positioning tool post, which comprises the steps of: supporting a tool on a flexible support which performs parallel motion; displacing said flexible support by means of a piezoelectric actuator; detecting displacement of said tool using a displacement sensor; computing an estimate of a tool velocity signal from a signal input to said piezoelectric actuator and a detection signal from said displacement sensor; feeding the computed estimate back to the voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator; and micro-positioning said tool relative to a work piece.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of controlling a micro-positioning tool post, which comprises the steps of: supporting a tool on a flexible support which performs parallel motion; displacing said flexible support by means of a piezoelectric actuator; detecting displacement of said tool using a displacement sensor; computing an estimate of a tool velocity signal from a signal input to said piezoelectric actuator and a detection signal from said displacement sensor; feeding the computed estimate back to the voltage applied to said piezoelectric actuator; and micro-positioning said tool relative to a work piece.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
The method according to claim 3, wherein said estimate x of the tool velocity signal x is computed from the voltage u applied to said piezoelectric actuator and the output x from said displacement sensor in accordance with the formulas: z=(-ω.sub.0-l)z+(-2ζω.sub.0-(ω.sub.0.sup.2 +l)l)x+ku and X.tbd.Z+lx, in which k, ζ and ω 0 represent a sensitivity coefficient, a natural damping coefficient and a natural angular frequency, respectively, which are characteristic parameters of said tool post, l is an arbitrary positive integer of sufficient magnitude, and z is a variable.
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