An electro-hydraulic micro-displacement platform, a micro-displacement system, a precision compensation system, and its method, comprises an x-direction guide rail and a y-direction guide rail slidingly connected with a cross slider respectively. The x-direction guide rail is fixed on the floor of the frame, and a z-direction fixed platform is fixed on the y-direction guide rail. The periphery of the z-direction fixed platform is connected with the side plate of the frame through the x-direction micro-displacement actuator and the y-direction micro-displacement actuator, the z-direction fixed platform is connected with the z-direction floating platform through the first z-direction micro-displacement actuator, the z-direction floating platform is connected with the z-direction auxiliary fixed platform through the second z-direction micro-displacement actuator, and the z-direction fixed platform is fixedly connected with the z-direction auxiliary fixed platform. The z-direction floating platform is connected to the workpiece mounting plate.

The present invention discloses a post-processing method for a special seven-five axis linkage machine tool, comprising: building a multi-body kinematic model according to the structure of the machine tool, and building the multi-body kinematic model according to the sequence of workpiece-turntable-machine tool-cross beam-ram-milling head-cutting tool; establishing position coordinate transformation matrices according to the built multi-body kinematic model to obtain the matrices of cutter location points and tool orientation vectors; solving transformation equations of every motion axis of the machine tool and cutter location point coordinates according to the matrices of cutter location points and tool orientation vectors; building a corresponding relationship between the cutter location point coordinates and every motion axis of the machine tool based on a geometric level, and solving specific values of C-axis rotation angle of milling head and C2-axis rotation angle of the turntable.

The present invention discloses a post-processing method for a special seven-five axis linkage machine tool, comprising: building a multi-body kinematic model according to the structure of the machine tool, and building the multi-body kinematic model according to the sequence of workpiece-turntable-machine tool-cross beam-ram-milling head-cutting tool; establishing position coordinate transformation matrices according to the built multi-body kinematic model to obtain the matrices of cutter location points and tool orientation vectors; solving transformation equations of every motion axis of the machine tool and cutter location point coordinates according to the matrices of cutter location points and tool orientation vectors; building a corresponding relationship between the cutter location point coordinates and every motion axis of the machine tool based on a geometric level, and solving specific values of C-axis rotation angle of milling head and C2-axis rotation angle of the turntable.

One embodiment of the present invention can be characterized as a method for controlling a multi-axis machine tool that includes obtaining a preliminary rotary actuator command (wherein the rotary actuator command has frequency content exceeding a bandwidth of a rotary actuator), generating a processed rotary actuator command based, at least in part, on the preliminary rotary actuator command, the processed rotary actuator command having frequency content within a bandwidth of the rotary actuator and generating a first linear actuator command and a second linear actuator command based, at least in part, on the processed rotary actuator command. The processed rotary actuator command can be output to the rotary actuator, the first linear actuator command can be output to a first linear actuator and the second linear actuator command can be output to a second linear actuator.

One embodiment of the present invention can be characterized as a method for controlling a multi-axis machine tool that includes obtaining a preliminary rotary actuator command (wherein the rotary actuator command has frequency content exceeding a bandwidth of a rotary actuator), generating a processed rotary actuator command based, at least in part, on the preliminary rotary actuator command, the processed rotary actuator command having frequency content within a bandwidth of the rotary actuator and generating a first linear actuator command and a second linear actuator command based, at least in part, on the processed rotary actuator command. The processed rotary actuator command can be output to the rotary actuator, the first linear actuator command can be output to a first linear actuator and the second linear actuator command can be output to a second linear actuator.

A method to ascertain a quality of a product formed by a subtractive manufacturing device from a workpiece includes: determining a deflection/test force relation for a deflection of the device; measuring an actually exerted machining force applied by the device to the workpiece; automatically determining a machining force reference for the actually exerted machining force; automatically evaluating whether the actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference. If an actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference, then the method uses the deflection/test force relation to automatically determine for the actually exerted machining force, at least one correction deflection of the device and automatically creating at least one corrected drive control signal to fully or partially reduce the correction deflection.

A method to ascertain a quality of a product formed by a subtractive manufacturing device from a workpiece includes: determining a deflection/test force relation for a deflection of the device; measuring an actually exerted machining force applied by the device to the workpiece; automatically determining a machining force reference for the actually exerted machining force; automatically evaluating whether the actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference. If an actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference, then the method uses the deflection/test force relation to automatically determine for the actually exerted machining force, at least one correction deflection of the device and automatically creating at least one corrected drive control signal to fully or partially reduce the correction deflection.

A CNC machining centre is disclosed, with an additive unit that forms an unmachined workpiece by additive production and that comprises an operating member with a rotation axis, and with a subtractive unit that removes material from the unmachined workpiece formed by the additive unit and that comprises a tool-holding spindle with a motorized spindle axis, with a subtractive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit carries a tool for removing material, and with an additive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit is connected to the rotation axis to drive the operating member of the additive unit and in which a prevalent part of the tool-holding spindle is situated next to at least one part of the operating member, where “next to” means in a horizontal direction.

A CNC machining centre is disclosed, with an additive unit that forms an unmachined workpiece by additive production and that comprises an operating member with a rotation axis, and with a subtractive unit that removes material from the unmachined workpiece formed by the additive unit and that comprises a tool-holding spindle with a motorized spindle axis, with a subtractive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit carries a tool for removing material, and with an additive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit is connected to the rotation axis to drive the operating member of the additive unit and in which a prevalent part of the tool-holding spindle is situated next to at least one part of the operating member, where “next to” means in a horizontal direction.

An automated container cutting system for cutting a container includes a cutting platform and a cutting tool held by the cutting platform. The cutting tool is configured to cut the container. The automated container cutting system includes a force feedback sensor operatively connected to the cutting tool such that the force feedback sensor is configured to measure resistive force exerted on the cutting tool. The automated container cutting system includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the force feedback sensor. The processor is configured to receive resistive force data from the force feedback sensor. The resistive force data represents resistive force exerted on the cutting tool as the cutting tool pierces a wall of the container. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether the cutting tool has penetrated through the wall of the container using the received resistive force data.