Method for determining actual states of a number of adjusting elements

A method for determining actual states of a plurality of adjusting elements for setting a position of an additional member relative to a basic member, the method comprising the steps of:

• mechanically fixing the additional member relative to the basic member in such a way that the additional member comprises a single degree of freedom such that the position of the additional member relative to the basic member can be described by means of a single scalar variable;
• changing the position of the additional member after mechanically fixing the additional member, and detecting changes in state associated with the plurality of adjusting elements, the detected changes in state detected by sensors;
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• determining the actual states of the plurality of adjusting elements based on the detected changes in state associated with the plurality of adjusting elements.

A method for determining actual states of a plurality of adjusting elements for setting a position of an additional member relative to a basic member, the method comprising the steps of:

• mechanically fixing the additional member relative to the basic member in such a way that the additional member comprises a single degree of freedom such that the position of the additional member relative to the basic member can be described by means of a single scalar variable;
• changing the position of the additional member after mechanically fixing the additional member, and detecting changes in state associated with the plurality of adjusting elements, the detected changes in state detected by sensors;
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• determining the actual states of the plurality of adjusting elements based on the detected changes in state associated with the plurality of adjusting elements;
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• programming a control device with a computer program stored on a data medium for carrying out the method of determining actual states of the number of adjustment elements for setting the position of the additional member relative the basic member for a production machine comprising a machine tool.

The method according to claim 36, further comprising a first transformation function that specifies for a first one of the plurality of adjusting elements which change in state occurs for a prescribed value of the single scalar variable and a prescribed change in the single scalar variable, wherein the first transformation function and the change in state detected for the first one of the plurality of adjusting elements are used to determine a correlation function that specifies which change in the single scalar variable occurs for a prescribed value of the single scalar variable and the detected change in state of the first one of the plurality of adjusting elements;

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• wherein the correlation function is used to determine at least one further transformation function that specifies for a further one of the plurality of adjusting elements which change in state occurs for a prescribed value of the single scalar variable and the detected change in state of the first one of the plurality of adjusting elements, and a final value of the single scalar variable is determined for which the change in state determined with the aid of the at least one further transformation function corresponds to the detected change in state of the further one of the adjusting elements, and wherein
• the final value determines the position of the additional member relative to the basic member, and the actual states of the adjusting elements are determined therefrom.