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Nanometric Straightness Measurement of Machine Table Using Laser Beam Straight Datum

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01850032
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 機械工作
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

IKAWA Naoya  Osaka University, Department of Precision Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (60028983)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUJITA Tsutomu  Hitachi Zosen Co., Technical Research Institute, Chief Researcher, 電子情報システム研究室, 主管研究員
UCHIKOSHI Junichi  Osaka University, Department of Precision Engineering, Research Associate, 工学部, 教務員
SHIMADA Shoichi  Osaka University, Department of Precision Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (20029317)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥4,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000)
KeywordsStraightness measurement / Straight datum / Error motion / Laser beam / Slide table / エラ-モ-ション / 運動精度測定 / レ-ザビ-ム / 真直度測定 / 姿勢制御
Research Abstract

A feasibility study is made for the utility and the application of laser beam as a straight datum. By using a quadrant photodiode (QPD) and a piezo-compensator, the specially designed two-dimensional position sensor/compensator for the energy center of the laser beam is developed. The resolution of the position sensor/compensator is estimated to be about 3 nm with the cut-off frequency of about 200 Hz.
Combining the laser beam as straight datum line with QPD position sensor/compensator, the two-dimensional error in straight motion of a certain point on hydrostatic air and oil slide tables are measured within the accuracy of 3 nm. The slide tables have straight error motion more than 50 nm /100mm. However, the repeatability of the error motion have been confirmed to be less than a few nm.
Theoretically, complete analysis of straight motion of a slide table can be executed by measuring the error motion of three different points on the table simultaneously. This call for three parallel laser beams as a set of the datum which are aligned within a required accuracy. The usefulness of the method has been partly confirmed by the experiment using a set of two parallel laser beam.
The most important factor affecting the reliability of the proposed method is the positional and angular stability of the laser beam path. Under the precautions against the thermal stability of the laser tube and the air flow in the beam path, a narrow He-Ne laser beam can be used as the metrological datum line of straightness within the accuracy of 3 nm over the working distance of 200 mm for about 1 minute. To extend the usefulness of the method proposed, the development of highly stable laser beam is essentially required.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All Other

All Publications (5 results)

  • [Publications] N.Ikawa: "Laser Beam as a Straight Datum and Its Application to Straightness Measurement at Nanometer Level" Annals of the CIRP. 37. 523-526 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 島田 尚一: "光線基準を用いた機器要素の直進運動精度の高精度測定" 精密工学会誌.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] N. Ikawa et al.: "Laser Beam as a Straight Datum and Its Application to Straightness Measurement at Nanometer Level" Annals of the CIRP. 37, 1. 523-526 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Shimada et al.: "Nanometric Straightness Measurement on Machine Slide Using Laser Beam as a Straight Datum" Journal of the JSPE.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 島田 尚一、井川 直哉 他: "光線基準を用いた機器要素の直進運動精度の測定" 精密工学会誌. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1989-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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