LARGE-PANEL ULTRASONIC ON-MACHINE NON-CONTACT SCANNING THICKNESS MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT AND THICKNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD

Abstract

A large-panel ultrasonic on-machine scanning thickness measurement equipment and method is disclosed. A GNCMT is adopted as the measuring machine main body on which a measured large panel is clamped and conducts scanning measurement motion; a non-contact ultrasonic measurement device is installed on the spindle of the machine tool for realizing transmission and acquisition of ultrasonic signals; a coupling liquid circulation system with the functions of multi-layer filtering, flow monitoring and regulation is set up; a jet flow immersion coupling mode is adopted on the surface of the measured large panel, and micro-emulsion cutting fluid is used as compatible coupling liquid of ultrasonic on-machine thickness measurement; and the coupling liquid is recycled, purified and stably supplied circularly. The thickness measurement equipment has high multi-function integration and reliable performance. It is easy to operate and highly automated, which effectively realizes nondestructive, accurate, efficient on-machine wall thickness measurement of the large panel.

Claims

1. Large-panel ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement equipment, which is composed of a GNCMT (1), a non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) and a coupling liquid circulation system (3), wherein the large-stroke, high-accuracy and light-duty GNCMT (1) is adopted as a main body of the measuring machine on which a measured large panel (4) is clamped and scanning measurement motion is conducted on it; the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) is installed on a spindle (1.8) of the GNCMT (1) for realizing transmission and acquisition of ultrasonic signals; a coupling liquid circulation system with the functions of multi-layer filtering, flow monitoring and regulation is set up; a jet flow immersion coupling mode is adopted on the surface of the measured large panel (4), and micro-emulsion cutting fluid is used as compatible coupling liquid of ultrasonic on-machine thickness measurement; the coupling liquid is recycled, purified and stably supplied circularly; a workbench (1.2) is installed on a lathe bed (1.1) of the GNCMT (1); a first X axis guide rail (1.5) and a second X axis guide rail (1.6) are respectively installed on the workbench (1.2); a gantry (1.3) is composed of a first stand column (1.3a), a second stand column (1.3b) and a beam (1.3c); the first stand column (1.3a) and the second stand column (1.3b) are respectively installed on the first X axis guide rail (1.5) and the second X axis guide rail (1.6); the beam (1.3c) is fixedly installed between the first stand column (1.3a) and the second stand column (1.3b); a Y axis guide rail (1.7) is arranged on the beam (1.3c); a headstock (1.4) is installed on the Y axis guide rail (1.7); the spindle (1.8) and a Z axis guide rail (1.9) for the spindle (1.8) to slide are installed in the headstock (1.4); a first stop block (1.10) and a second stop block (1.11) for alignment of a workpiece and a plurality of pressing plate components (1.12) for pressing workpiece edges are installed on the workbench (1.2); a first driving device and a second driving device are respectively installed on the first stand column (1.3a) and the second stand column (1.3b) and are jointly used for driving the spindle (1.8) to move along X axis; a third driving device is installed on the beam (1.3c) for driving the spindle (1.8) to move along Y axis; and a fourth driving device is installed in the headstock (1.4) for driving the spindle (1.8) to move along Z axis; in the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2), an ultrasonic transducer (2.3) is installed in the center of a down flange (2.2); the axis of the ultrasonic transducer (2.3) coincides with the axis of the down flange (2.2); the ultrasonic transducer (2.3) is connected with an ultrasonic signal card through a signal line; an injector (2.4) is equipped on the ultrasonic transducer (2.3); the axis of the injector (2.4) coincides with the axis of the ultrasonic transducer (2.3), and is connected with the down flange (2.2) through threads; the injector (2.4) is provided with a first coupling liquid injection port (2.4a) and a second coupling liquid injection port (2.4b) radially symmetrically; the first coupling liquid injection port (2.4a) and the second coupling liquid injection port (2.4b) are connected to a coupling liquid circulation system (3) through a Y-type pipe; the center of the bottom surface of the injector (2.4) is provided with a coupling liquid jet nozzle (2.4c); the down flange (2.2) is connected with an up flange (2.1) through three screws (2.5) which are under circumferential uniform; the axis of the down flange (2.2) coincides with the axis of the up flange (2.1); and a clamping column (2.1a) is arranged above the up flange (2.1) along the axis and is connected with the spindle (1.8) of the machine tool through a shank; the coupling liquid circulation system (3) uses micro-emulsion cutting fluid as jet flow immersion ultrasonic thickness measurement coupling liquid; a collecting tank (3.1) is below the workbench (1.2) of the GNCMT (1); a filter screen (3.1a) for preliminarily blocking large particle impurities is arranged at an outlet, and is in communication with an inlet (3.2a) of a sedimentation tank (3.2) through a pipeline (3.7); the sedimentation tank (3.2) is provided with a filter plate (3.2b) with evenly distributed filter holes to further block the impurities; the inlet (3.2a) and the outlet (3.2c) of the sedimentation tank are respectively positioned on both sides of the filter plate (3.2b); the outlet (3.2c) of the sedimentation tank is in communication with a hydraulic pump (3.3) through the pipeline (3.7); and the pipeline (3.7) through which the hydraulic pump (3.3) is in communication with the injector (2.4) is successively provided with a filter (3.4) for further purifying the coupling liquid, a hydraulic valve (3.5) for adjusting the coupling liquid flow and a flowmeter (3.6) for observing the coupling liquid flow.

2. The large-panel ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement equipment according to claim 1, adopting a measurement method as follows: firstly, a measured large panel (4) is clamped in such a manner that the side with grid features faces the workbench (1.2) of the machine tool; the parameters in the scanning measurement process are determined according to measurement requirements and a numerical control measuring program is programmed; then, the coupling liquid flow and the coupling gap between the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) and the measured large panel (4) are adjusted according to the state of the ultrasonic echo signals; finally, an upper computer measurement and control system executes the numerical control measuring program, controls the spindle (1.8) of the machine tool to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) to conduct scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel (4) along a preset measuring path, and also collects and stores measuring point coordinates and wall thickness data at high frequency until a whole workpiece is traversed, to complete ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel (4); the method comprises the following specific steps: first step, clamping a measured workpiece the measured large panel (4) is horizontally hoisted to the surface of the workbench (1.2) so that the side with grid features of the measured large panel (4) faces the workbench (1.2) of the machine tool and the side in a plane state is used as measured surface; the measured large panel (4) is adjusted so that a first edge (4.a) and a second edge (4.b) are respectively abutted against a first stop block (1.10) and a second stop block (1.11) having position coordinates determined in a machine coordinate system and precisely tooled on the workbench (1.2) of the machine tool, to realize positioning and alignment of the measured large panel (4) in the machine coordinate system; a plurality of pressing plate components (1.12) are adjusted so that the pressing plate components respectively clamp the first edge (4.a) and the third edge (4.c) of the measured large panel (4) to complete clamping of the measured large panel (4); second step: determining measurement parameters the spindle (1.8) of the machine tool is controlled to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) to move to a preset measuring starting point of the measured large panel (4), and X axis coordinate and Y axis coordinate of a current point are recorded as programming zero of the numerical control measuring program; according to the requirements of measuring range, measuring point density and measuring time for the measured large panel (4), the scanning distance along X axis of the Z-shaped bidirectional reciprocating scanning measurement path and the spacing between adjacent scanning measurement paths, measuring point coordinate and wall thickness data acquisition frequency and scanning measurement speed are determined; and the numerical control measuring program is programmed based on the above information; third step, adjusting the coupling state spindle (1.8) of the machine tool is controlled to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) to move along Z axis at the preset measuring starting point to a place in which the bottom surface of the injector (2.4) has a distance of about 2 mm from the surface of the measured large panel (4); the hydraulic pump (3.3) of the coupling liquid circulation system (3) is started; the coupling liquid flow is adjusted by adjusting the hydraulic valve (3.5); and the coupling gap between the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) and the measured large panel (4) is adjusted by fine adjustment of the displacement of the spindle (1.8) of the machine tool in Z axis direction until the ultrasonic echo signals are observed and evaluated in good condition, to complete the adjustment of the coupling state of ultrasonic on-machine thickness measurement; fourth step, automatic scanning thickness measurement the upper computer measurement and control system executes the numerical control measuring program, controls the spindle (1.8) of the machine tool to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device (2) for conducting bidirectional reciprocating non-contact scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel (4) along the following preset Z-shaped measuring path: conducting continuous scanning motion along +X axis direction from a start control point C11 of a first linear motion segment P1 to an end control point C12 of the first linear motion segment P1, continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along +Y axis direction to a start control point C21 of a second linear motion segment P2, continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along X axis direction to an end control point C22 of the second linear motion segment P2 and continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along +Y axis direction to a start control point C31 of a third linear motion segment P3, to circulate the scanning measurement with this path as a cycle; meanwhile, the upper computer measurement and control system collects the measuring point coordinates and the wall thickness data at high frequency until the whole workpiece is traversed, to complete ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel (4).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the GNCMT, wherein: 1GNCMT; 1.1lathe bed; 1.2workbench; 1.3gantry; 1.3afirst stand column; 1.3bsecond stand column; 1.3cbeam; 1.4headstock; 1.5first X axis guide rail; 1.6second X axis guide rail; 1.7Y axis guide rail; 1.8spindle; 1.9Z axis guide rail; 1.10first stop block; 1.11second stop block; 1.12pressing plate component; X, Y and Z-X coordinate axis, Y coordinate axis and Z coordinate axis of the measurement coordinate system.

[0020] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of large-panel ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement, wherein: 2non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device; 2.1up flange; 2.1aclamping column; 2.2down flange; 2.3ultrasonic transducer; 2.4injector; 2.4afirst coupling liquid injection port; 2.4bsecond coupling liquid injection port; 2.4ccoupling liquid jet nozzle; 2.5screw; 3coupling liquid circulation system; 3.1collecting tank; 3.1afilter screen; 3.2sedimentation tank; 3.2asedimentation tank inlet; 3.2bfilter plate; 3.2csedimentation tank outlet; 3.3hydraulic pump; 3.4filter; 3.5hydraulic valve; 3.6flowmeter; 3.7pipeline; 4measured large panel; 4.afirst edge of measured large panel; 4.bsecond edge of measured large panel; 4.cthird edge of measured large panel; P1first linear motion segment; C11start control point of first linear motion segment P1; C12end control point of first linear motion segment P1; P2second linear motion segment; C21start control point of second linear motion segment P2; C22end control point of second linear motion segment P2; P3third linear motion segment; C31start control point of third linear motion segment P3; +X and +YX coordinate axis positive direction and Y coordinate axis positive direction of the measurement coordinate system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] Specific embodiments of the present invention are described below in detail in combination with the technical solution and accompanying drawings.

[0022] In the embodiments, FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the GNCMT; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of large-panel ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement, wherein the measured large panel 4 has a size of 4950 mm2500 mm; one side has rhombic grid features, and the other side is a plane. Measurement requirements: whole area measurement for the panel; effective measuring point spacing 10 mm; total measurement time 120 min; micro-emulsion cutting fluid with a volume concentration of 10% is used as the coupling liquid; the jet flow immersion coupling mode is adopted; the center frequency of the ultrasonic probe is 10 MHz.

[0023] The equipment is composed of a GNCMT 1, a non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2 and a coupling liquid circulation system 3; the large-stroke, high-accuracy and light-duty GNCMT 1 is adopted as the measuring machine main body on which a measured large panel 4 is clamped and the scanning measurement motion is conducted; the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2 is installed on the spindle 1.8 of the GNCMT 1 for realizing transmission and acquisition of ultrasonic signals; a coupling liquid circulation system with the functions of multi-layer filtering, flow monitoring and regulation is set up; a jet flow immersion coupling mode is adopted on the surface of the measured large panel 4, and micro-emulsion cutting fluid is used as compatible coupling liquid of ultrasonic on-machine thickness measurement; and the coupling liquid is recycled, purified and stably supplied circularly.

[0024] Firstly, the thickness measurement equipment is assembled; the workbench 1.2 is installed on the lathe bed 1.1 of the GNCMT 1; the first X axis guide rail 1.5 and the second X axis guide rail 1.6 are respectively installed on the workbench 1.2; the gantry 1.3 is composed of the first stand column 1.3a, the second stand column 1.3b and the beam 1.3c; the first stand column 1.3a and the second stand column 1.3b are respectively installed on the first X axis guide rail 1.5 and the second X axis guide rail 1.6; the beam 1.3c is fixedly installed between the first stand column 1.3a and the second stand column 1.3b; the Y axis guide rail 1.7 is arranged on the beam 1.3c; the headstock 1.4 is installed on the Y axis guide rail 1.7; the spindle 1.8 and the Z axis guide rail 1.9 for the spindle 1.8 to slide are installed in the headstock 1.4; the fixture device for installing a workpiece is installed on the workbench 1.2, and comprises the first stop block 1.10 and the second stop block 1.11 for alignment of the workpiece and a plurality of pressing plate components 1.12 for pressing workpiece edges; the first driving device and the second driving device are respectively installed on the first stand column 1.3a and the second stand column 1.3b and are jointly used for driving the spindle 1.8 to move along X axis; the third driving device is installed on the beam 1.3c for driving the spindle 1.8 to move along Y axis; and the fourth driving device is installed in the headstock 1.4 for driving the spindle 1.8 to move along Z axis.

[0025] In the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2, an ultrasonic transducer 2.3 is installed in the center of a down flange 2.2; the axis of the ultrasonic transducer 2.3 coincides with the axis of the down flange 2.2; the ultrasonic transducer 2.3 is connected with an ultrasonic signal card through a signal line; an injector 2.4 is equipped on the ultrasonic transducer 2.3; the axis of the injector 2.4 coincides with the axis of the ultrasonic transducer 2.3, and is connected with the down flange 2.2 through threads; the injector 2.4 is provided with the first coupling liquid injection port 2.4a and the second coupling liquid injection port 2.4b radially symmetrically; the first coupling liquid injection port 2.4a and the second coupling liquid injection port 2.4b are connected to a coupling liquid circulation system 3 through a Y-type pipe; the center of the bottom surface of the injector 2.4 is provided with a coupling liquid jet nozzle 2.4c; the down flange 2.2 is connected with an up flange 2.1 through three screws 2.5 which are under circumferential uniform; the axis of the down flange 2.2 coincides with the axis of the up flange 2.1; and a clamping column 2.1a is arranged above the up flange 2.1 along the axis and is connected with the spindle 1.8 of the machine tool through a shank.

[0026] The coupling liquid circulation system 3 uses micro-emulsion cutting fluid as jet flow immersion ultrasonic thickness measurement coupling liquid; a collecting tank 3.1 is below the workbench 1.2 of the GNCMT 1 for collecting the coupling liquid on the workbench 1.2; a filter screen 3.1a for preliminarily blocking large particle impurities is arranged at the outlet, and is in communication with the inlet 3.2a of a sedimentation tank 3.2 through a pipeline 3.7; the sedimentation tank 3.2 is provided with a filter plate 3.2b with evenly distributed filter holes to further block the impurities; the inlet 3.2a and the outlet 3.2c of the sedimentation tank are respectively positioned on both sides of the filter plate 3.2b; the outlet 3.2c of the sedimentation tank is in communication with a hydraulic pump 3.3 through the pipeline 3.7; the pipeline 3.7 through which the hydraulic pump 3.3 is in communication with the injector 2.4 is successively provided with a filter 3.4 for further purifying the coupling liquid, a hydraulic valve 3.5 for adjusting the coupling liquid flow and a flowmeter 3.6 for observing the coupling liquid flow.

[0027] The thickness measurement method comprises the following specific steps:

[0028] First step: clamping a measured workpiece: the measured large panel 4 is horizontally hoisted to the surface of the workbench 1.2 so that the side with grid features of the measured large panel 4 faces the workbench 1.2 of the machine tool and the side in a plane state is used as a measured surface; the measured large panel 4 is adjusted so that the first edge 4.a and the second edge 4.b are respectively abutted against the first stop block 1.10 and the second stop block 1.11 having position coordinates determined in the machine coordinate system and precisely tooled on the workbench 1.2 of the machine tool, to realize positioning and alignment of the measured large panel 4 in the machine coordinate system; six pressing plate components 1.12 are adjusted so that the six pressing plate components respectively clamp the first edge 4.a and the third edge 4.c of the measured large panel 4 to complete clamping of the measured large panel 4.

[0029] Second step: determining measurement parameters: the spindle 1.8 of the machine tool is controlled to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2 to move to the preset measuring starting point of the measured large panel 4, and X axis coordinate and Y axis coordinate of the current point are recorded as programming zero of the numerical control measuring program; according to the measuring requirements for the measured large panel 4, the scanning distance 4980 mm along X axis of the Z-shaped bidirectional reciprocating scanning measurement path and the spacing 10 mm between adjacent scanning measurement paths, measuring point coordinate and wall thickness data sampling interval 50 ms, and scanning measurement speed 800 mm/min are determined; and the numerical control measuring program is programmed based on the above information.

[0030] Third step: adjusting the coupling state: the spindle 1.8 of the machine tool is controlled to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2 to move along Z axis at the preset measuring starting point to a place in which the bottom surface of the injector 2.4 has a distance of about 2 mm from the surface of the measured large panel 4; the hydraulic pump 3.3 of the coupling liquid circulation system 3 is started; the coupling liquid flow 50 mL/s is adjusted by adjusting the hydraulic valve 3.5; and the coupling gap 2.5 mm between the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device 2 and the measured large panel 4 is adjusted by fine adjustment of the displacement of the spindle 1.8 of the machine tool in Z axis direction until the ultrasonic echo signals are observed and evaluated in good condition, to complete the adjustment of the coupling state of ultrasonic on-machine thickness measurement.

[0031] Fourth step: automatic scanning thickness measurement: the upper computer measurement and control system executes the numerical control measuring program, controls the spindle 1.8 of the machine tool to load the non-contact ultrasonic thickness measurement device for conducting bidirectional reciprocating non-contact scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel 4 along the preset Z-shaped measuring path at scanning measurement speed of 2800 mm/min: conducting continuous scanning motion along +X axis direction from the start control point C11 of the first linear motion segment P1 to the end control point C12 of the first linear motion segment P1, continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along +Y axis direction to the start control point C21 of the second linear motion segment P2, continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along X axis direction by 4980 mm to the end control point C22 of the second linear motion segment P2 and continuously conducting continuous scanning motion along +Y axis direction by 10 mm to the start control point C31 of the third linear motion segment P3, to circulate the scanning measurement with this path as a cycle; meanwhile, the upper computer measurement and control system collects the measuring point coordinates and the wall thickness data at the sampling interval of 50 ms until the whole workpiece is traversed, to complete ultrasonic on-machine non-contact scanning thickness measurement for the measured large panel 4.

[0032] The present invention adopts the ONC (Open Numerical Control) to realize high-accuracy and reliable control of high-speed scanning measurement motion, adopts a special ultrasonic signal card to transmit and collect the ultrasonic signals, and develops special measurement software to collect, store and process measurement data.

[0033] Table 1 shows the comparison between the actual measurement results of the present invention and the coordinate measurement results. The comparison shows that the present invention can realize large-panel on-machine automatic scanning thickness measurement and the measurement accuracy is within 0.03 mm.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Measured point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coordinate 7.746 7.456 7.441 7.493 7.458 7.462 7.473 7.497 measurement results Measurement 7.464 7.441 7.460 7.466 7.456 7.458 7.458 7.467 results of the present invention

[0034] The thickness measurement equipment of the present invention has simple structure, high multi-function integration, reliable performance. It is easy to operate and highly automated, which can effectively realize nondestructive, accurate, efficient and on-machine wall thickness measurement of the large panel with respect to the characteristics of large size, low stiffness and multiple grid features of the large panel.