# US 5,347,761 A · Method for determining the deformation of workpiece on grinding machine

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- Number: US 5,347,761 A
- Document ID: US5347761A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/945,142
- Filed: 1992-09-15
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1991-09-18
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yasuhiko Murai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347761A

## CPC

- B24B 5/00: Machines or devices designed for grinding surfaces of revolution on work, including those which also grind adjacent plane surfaces; Accessories therefor (B24B11/00 - B24B21/00 take precedence; honing machines or devices using abrading blocks performing axial and rotary movements superimposed on one another B24B33/00)
- B24B 49/04: involving measurement of the workpiece at the place of grinding during grinding operation
- B24B: MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING (grinding of gear teeth B23F, of screw-threads B23G1/36; by electro-erosion B23H; abrasive or related blasting B24C; tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening B24D; polishing compositions C09G1/00; abrasives C09K3/14; electrolytic etching or polishing C25F3/00; grinding arrangements for use on assembled railway tracks E01B31/17); DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS

## Abstract

A method for determining the deformation of workpiece on a grinding machine is proposed, in which the deformation of workpiece can be determined without using the less reliable initial deformation. Suppose the deflection at the beginning and the final deflection for the last time be T' (s) and T' (e), respectively, and the deformation preset for the grinding completion time be Ta, the deformation T (s) at the operation start time for the workpiece in the present time is approximated by the expression T(s)=T' (s)-T' (e)+Ta Suppose the shift of grinding wheel for the workpiece be .DELTA.A, and the change in diameter be D(x)-D(s), the deformation T(x) at a time for the present time is determined from the expression T(x)-.DELTA.A+(D(x)-D(s))/2+T(s).

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a method for determining a deformation of a workpiece on a grinding machine, said grinding machine have a grinding wheel for grinding a rotating workpiece, comprising the steps of:
measuring a diameter D(s) of a selected workpiece;
measuring a position A of the grinding wheel for working on said workpiece;
determining a start time s for calculating a deformation of said selected workpiece, said start time s being the time when the diameter of said workpiece is reduced more than a predetermined value in a predetermined time interval, an initial diameter D(s) being the diameter of said selected workpiece at said start time s;
setting an initial deformation T(s) of said selected workpiece at said start time s to be zero for a first workpiece, and in case of workpieces other than said first workpiece, setting the initial deformation T(s) to be a difference between the initial deformation of an immediately prior workpiece and a deformation obtained for that prior workpiece;
calculating a deformation change of said selected workpiece after said start time s, by subtracting a radius change (D(s)-D(t))/2 of said selected workpiece from a shift in position .DELTA.A of said grinding wheel; and
calculating deformation T(t) of said selected workpiece, by adding said initial deformation T(s) and said deformation change .DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(t))/2:
T(t)=T(s)=.DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(t))/2.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined final deformation Ta is added in determining the deformation of said selected workpiece:
T(t)=T(s)+.DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(t))/2+Ta.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of operating a position detector to directly detect the position of said grinding wheel, the shift .DELTA.A of said grinding wheel being determined from the difference between a real time output A(t) of said position detector and an initial output value A(s):
.DELTA.A=A(s)-A(t).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of integrating an infeed velocity V(t) of said grinding wheel at time t over a period from the calculation start time s to a time x, whereby the deformation T(x) is obtained by the expression: ##EQU2##

### Claim 5

A method for determining a deformation of a workpiece on a grinding machine having a grinding wheel, comprising the steps of:
automatically measuring a diameter D(t) of the workpiece;
automatically measuring a position of the grinding wheel;
automatically and periodically computing, from the measured diameter of the workpiece, a reduction in the diameter of the workpiece;
automatically comparing the computer diameter reduction to a predetermined diameter reduction value;
upon exceeding of said predetermined diameter reduction value by the computed diameter reduction, setting an initial deformation value T(s) to be a difference between an initial deformation for an immediately prior workpiece and a final deformation for the prior workpiece, the initial deformation value for the first workpiece being set equal to zero; and
upon exceeding of said predetermined diameter reduction value by the computed diameter reduction, automatically and periodically calculating (i) a shift .DELTA.A in position of said grinding wheel, (ii) a change in radius (D(s)-D(e))/2 of said workpiece, where D(s) is the diameter at start time s and D(e) is the diameter at finish time e, (iii) a change in deformation of said workpiece as a difference between grinding wheel position change .DELTA.A and workpiece radius change (D(s)-D(e))/2 and (iv) an instantaneous or real time deformation value T(t) of said workpiece by adding said initial deformation value T(s) and said change in deformation of said workpiece, .DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(e))/2:
T(t)=T(s)+.DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(e))/2.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method defined in claim 5 wherein said step of calculating includes the step of adding a predetermined final deformation Ta in determining the deformation T(t):
T(t)=T(s)+.DELTA.A-(D(s)-D(e))/2+Ta.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method defined in claim 5 wherein said step of automatically measuring a position of said grinding wheel includes the step of operating a position detector to directly detect the instantaneous or real time position of said grinding wheel, the shift .DELTA.A in position of said grinding wheel being determined as a difference between an output A(t) of said position detector and an initial position A(s) of said grinding wheel as determined by said position detector:
.DELTA.A=A(s)-A(t).

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The device defined in claim 5 wherein step of automatically measuring a position of said grinding wheel includes the step of integrating an infeed velocity V(t) of said grinding wheel, said step of calculating a change in deformation of said workpiece including the step of adding the integrated infeed velocity to the workpiece diameter change (D(s)-D(t)/2, said step of calculating an instantaneous or real time deformation T(t) of said workpiece including the computation of: ##EQU3##