The productivity of a machine tool is determined by its dynamical properties. Hence, it is important to determine those properties as early as possible when designing a new product. Because machine tool manufacturers are forced by an increasing competition to reduce | wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik Diploma Thesis cand. ing. Juan Francisco Sanchez Alacid Parameter Studies of a Machine Feed Axis Testbed in Time Domain by Application of Multibody Simulation wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik Universität Karlsruhe TH Kaiserstraße 12 D-76131 Karlsruhe Prof. . J. Fleischer Prof. em. . H. Weule wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik Universität Karlsruhe TH Kaiserstraße 12 76131 Karlsruhe Prof. . J. Fleischer Prof. em. . H. Weule Diploma Thesis Diplomarbeit for Mr. cand. ing. Juan Francisco Sanchez Alacid Matrikelnr. 1339071 Brazal de la terraza N 18 Patino Murcia Spain Parameter Studies of a Machine Feed Axis Testbed in Time Domain by Application of Multibody Simulation The productivity of a machine tool is determined by its dynamical properties. Hence it is important to determine those properties as early as possible when designing a new product. Because machine tool manufacturers are forced by an increasing competition to reduce the time to market virtual prototypes can be used for simulation of the machine tool behavior instead of building and testing cost-extensive physical prototypes. Since a large variety of parameters such as component stiffness or damping of guides couplings ball screw drives and the like influence the machine tool s behavior the influence of those parameters has to be studied. To avoid extensive and expensive hardware testing simulation is ideally suited to investigate a large number of different parameters and their importance. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the dynamic behavior of a machine tool feed axis testbed by application of multibody simulation to study the effects of parameter variations in time domain. The following tasks have to be carried out Illustration of the theoretical background of multibody simulation and parameter varation modeling and simulation of the testbed with a multibody simulation tool validating the .
