Design of Accuracy Increasing Systems for Simple Machine Tools (B05)

• Subject Area: Metal-Cutting and Abrasive Manufacturing Engineering
• Term: from 2012 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 199828953

The focus of the research work in this project lies on the development of accuracy increasing add-on equipment to compensate static and dynamic position and angular errors of outdated milling machines. Furthermore, solutions aiming at increasing machine tools productivity will be devel-oped. These developments will increase the lifetime of the outdated machine tools, especially in comparison to contemporary alternatives such as retrofitting, where system and performance rele-vant components are replaced with a high use of resources and in time and cost-intensive process-es. To carry out a meaningful experimental validation the upgraded milling machine will be compared with modern milling machines, under consideration of the often conflicting aims of productivi-ty, working accuracy and sustainability.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1026: Sustainable Manufacturing - Shaping Global Value Creation
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Eckart Uhlmann