A two-layered cross coupling control scheme for a three-dimensional motion control system. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Dailin; Yang, Jixiang; Chen, Yuanhao; Chen, Youping
• Is Part Of: International journal of machine tools & manufacture. Volume 98(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 12
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Cross coupling control -- Contour error -- Multi-layered modeling -- Motion control system; Machine-tools -- Periodicals; Manufacturing processes -- Periodicals; Machines-outils -- Périodiques; Fabrication -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 621.902
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2015.08.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0890-6955

Abstract

Abstract: A two-layered modeling and compensation scheme is proposed to reduce the contouring error of a three-dimensional motion control system. In the proposed scheme, the contouring error model of the three-dimensional motion control system is divided into two layers: the top layer and the bottom layer. The proposed multi-layered structure of the contouring error model presents more flexibility in the control system design because the cross coupling controllers in different layers can be designed separately. In this paper, a nonlinear PI controller and a position error compensator are designed in the bottom layer in order to achieve high contouring accuracy in the XY plane, while a unilateral compensator is designed in the top layer to further reduce contouring error in the three dimensional space. Finally, experiments are performed to verify the performance of the proposed two-layered modeling and compensation scheme. Experiment results show that the designed two-layered cross coupling controller can obtain higher contouring accuracy than traditional cross coupling controller both in the XY plane and in the XYZ space. Highlights: The three-dimensional contouring error estimation model is divided into two layers, which presents more flexibility in the control system design. A two-layered cross coupling controller (CCC) is proposed, which can design different controllers in different layers. Experiments show that the designed two-layered CCC can obtain higher contouring accuracy than traditional CCC both in the bottom layer and the three-dimensional space.