Abstract
Cylindrical grinding machines are typical machine tools for the final finishing process which produce high accurate and value-added products. However the universal method of measurement and evaluation for their thermal displacement has not been established. Therefore, in this study, we propose a measurement and evaluation method of the thermal displacement of the cylindrical grinding machines with rotation of the grinding wheel and make a device on an experimental basis based on the proposition and examine their validity. As the result of this study, it is made clear that the method proposed by us can measure and evaluate accurately and simultaneously 5 thermal displacements of the cylindrical grinding machines, that is, 3 translational deviations and 2 angular deviations.
