Custom developed computer numerical control interface

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dc.contributor.authorJackimec, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-02T19:18:30Z
dc.date.available2016-09-02T19:18:30Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractMany CNC (Computer Numerical Control) milling machines are commercially available today, but none offers an open-source interface designed for research applications. The work reported in this thesis has retrofitted a 25-year-old manual milling machine, which has previously been modified into a CNC mill, but whose interface is no longer functioning, into a functional CNC mill. New components have been incorporated as necessary, to produce an open-source CNC mill capable of use in research and as a standard CNC mill. The original milling machine has inconsistent backlash due to cheaper methods of construction, ranging up to 0.049-inch per axis. The thesis has implemented software compensation, capable of producing most CNC paths with only 0.015- inch of inaccuracy with a 99%-confidence interval. Though the final mill does not have all the built in functionality of a commercial mill, it is designed with research application in mind, and as such, it is intended as a platform for future research to be mounted upon. The open-source interface will allow many forms of integration within a flexible manufacturing environment and easy future customization as necessary.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31634
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectMotion controlen_US
dc.subjectControl systemen_US
dc.subjectCNCen_US
dc.subjectComputer numeric controlen_US
dc.subject2½Den_US
dc.subjectBacklashen_US
dc.subjectCommon object modelen_US
dc.subjectConfidence intervalen_US
dc.subjectDriften_US
dc.subjectG-codeen_US
dc.subjectNC-fileen_US
dc.subjectPI control systemen_US
dc.subjectPID control systemen_US
dc.subjectVisual basic for applicationsen_US
dc.subjectWorking envelopeen_US
dc.subjectEncoderen_US
dc.subjectServo motor controlen_US
dc.titleCustom developed computer numerical control interfaceen_US
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