A motor controller comprises: a motor driver arranged at a housing attached to a machine support; fan motors and arranged in or outside the housing; and a control unit. The motor driver drives motors. The fan motors blow cooling air for cooling the interior of the housing. The CPU includes a machining mode selection unit allowing selection of at least either a first machining mode of machining a machining target finely or a second machining mode of machining the machining target more roughly than in the first machining mode. If the first machining mode is selected, the machining mode selection unit exerts control to change the rotation numbers of the fan motors and so as to reduce vibration to be transmitted from the housing to the support column.

A machine tool with active damping is provided, having a ram with longitudinal walls wherein vibrations are produced during machining according to at least a main bending direction (D1, D2) of the ram, a head that is arranged at one free end of the ram, actuation means for actuating the head which are arranged on one of the longitudinal walls of the ram, and damping means configured to generate at least a force (F1, F2) in the main bending direction (D1, D2) of the ram, wherein the damping means are arranged in a partial cross section of the longitudinal wall of the ram wherein the actuation means are arranged, the partial cross section being located between the actuation means and the free end of the ram on which the head is arranged.

A damper assembly for use with a non-rotating tool holder includes a hollow ram for supporting a non-rotating tool and a damper assembly mounted in the hollow ram for absorbing vibrations of the ram. The damper assembly includes a front plate and a rear plate, an upper tie rod and a lower tie rod extending between the front plate and the rear plate, and a damper mass mounted between the front plate and the rear plate. Ring dampers are mounted between the damper mass and the front and rear plates, and suspension springs are mounted between the upper tie rod and the lower tie rod. The suspension springs carry the weight of the damper mass so that the ring dampers do not have to carry the weight of the damper mass, and the damper mass is free to respond to vibrations in the ram.

A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.

The present invention proposes a macro-micro integrated compound platform with adjustable dynamic characteristics. When a macro platform mover and a micro platform mover are driven at the same time, the whole large-scale high-speed motion can be realized; when a motion deviation occurs, a micro motion platform can be driven separately to realize the high-frequency motion deviation compensation, because the micro motion platform has small inertia and zero friction and achieves precision displacement output through elastic deformation. The macro-micro integrated compound platform can realize high-speed precision motion through compound motion control, is mounted and used in a manner consistent with the traditional platform, and is convenient to be popularized and applied; a stiffness and frequency adjustment mechanism and a variable damper are arranged, so that the micro motion platform can transfer the motion of a macro motion platform and isolate the vibration at any frequency, and realize high-precision displacement compensation; meanwhile, damping of the variable damper is matched with the stiffness and frequency parameters to ensure the high-precision displacement compensation at any frequency and increase the range of working frequency.

An apparatus or system comprises: a damper side linear motor; a drive side linear motor; a first detection unit that detects a first position that is a position of a movable portion of the drive side linear motor in relation to a machine base; a second detection unit that detects a second position that is a position of a movable portion of the damper side linear motor in relation to the machine base; a third detection unit that detects a third position that is a position of the movable portion of the drive side linear motor in relation to the movable portion of the damper side linear motor; a drive side control unit that controls the drive side linear motor, based on the first position and the third position; and a damper side control unit that controls the damper side linear motor, based on the second position.

A motor control device includes: a position command section configured to generate a position command for a control object; a position detecting section configured to detect a position of the control object or a position of a motor configured to drive the control object; and a position control section configured to control a position of the motor based on the position command and the detected position of the control object or the motor, in which at least one of the position command section and the position control section includes a vibration suppression filter configured to approximate a reverse characteristic of a vibration characteristic generated between the motor and the control object, and the vibration suppression filter changes a vibration suppression frequency according to at least one of the position and a mass of the control object.

A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.

A main spindle device for a machine tool includes a main spindle, a cushioning member, and an arithmetic unit. The cushioning member is disposed on a position where a vibration displacement of a rotator exists. The arithmetic unit uses data of a tool to be used to analyze a vibration mode in a free vibration of the rotator based on a support rigidity of a bearing, masses of respective parts of the rotator including the tool, an attenuation coefficient, and an equation of motion derived from rigidity and inertia by a rotation. An outer diameter of a sleeve positioned outside the bearing is changed such that a position of an antinode of the vibration or a position on which a vibration displacement exists in the vibration mode matches a position of the cushioning member inside the main spindle to change a preload on the bearing.

A vibration absorber includes a screw, a displacement adjustment member, a first spring, a second spring, a mass block, a casing, a cover and a connector. The displacement adjustment member is engaged with the screw. The mass block is located between the first spring and the second spring, wherein the mass block respectively connects the first spring and the second spring on both sides and the screw passes through the mass block. The casing encloses the screw, the displacement adjustment member, the first spring, the second spring and the mass block. The cover covers one opening of the casing. The connector covers the other opening of the casing. The first spring is located between the mass block and the displacement adjustment member and connects respectively the mass block and the displacement adjustment member. The coefficients of elasticity of both the first spring and the second spring are both non-linear.