| Contents | |
| Section 1 | Developments in Performance Assessment and Verification of Machine Tools and CMMs |
| A general purpose thermal error compensation system for CNC machine tools; A methodology for the performance verification of co-ordinate measuring machines using a laser interferometer and a novel artefact; A new slant on diagonal laser testing; Assessment of the volumetric accuracy of a machine with geometric compensation; A stereometric artefact for volumetric calibration of machining centres; Diagnosis and compensation of motion errors in NC machine tools by arbitrary shape contouring error measurement; Measuring and modelling thermal distortion on CNC machine tools; On the accuracy of rotary tables; Performance assessment of machine tools and co-ordinate measuring machines – some recent developments at UMIST; Performance verification for large volume metrology systems; The application of artefacts and lasers to performance verification of co-ordinate measuring machines; The calibration of co-ordinate measuring machines and touch trigger probes; Vibration modelling of machine tool structures. | |
| Section 2 | Co-Ordinate Metrology and its Application to Manufacturing Performance and Industrial Inspection |
| A new 6-D measuring device for rotary table calibration; Dimensional metrology into the Millennium; Factors affecting the integration of co-ordinate measuring machines in automated manufacturing cells; Inspection technology in the aero engine industry; Sensitivity of a 3-D surface mapping system to environmental perturbations; The NPL Small CMM 3-D measurement of small features; Ultra precision machining on a CNC diamond turning machine. | |
| Section 3 | Developments in BSI and ISO Machine Tool Accuracy |
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Developments in BSI and ISO machine tool accuracy standards; A review of proposals for amendments to the ISO 230 Standards. |
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| Section 4 | Numerical and Computational Tools |
| Advances in surface analysis technology; A novel systematic approach to modeling precision-machined surfaces based on mathematical transforms; Ball-screw thermal error - a finite element simulation for on-line estimation;Computer aided error analysis of three-dimensional precision-surface mapping system; Identification of damping elements in a CNC machine tool drive; Improving CNC machine tools performance by using modular approach; The reconstruction of cyclically perturbed signals from aliased data; Volumetric compensation through the machine controller. | |
| Section 5 | Gear and Transmission Technology |
| 3D gear measurement by CMM; Verifying position errors in CNC gear measuring instruments using a laser interferometer with dynamic data capture software. | |
| Section 6 | Tolerance and Uncertainty |
| Tolerance and uncertainty; Validation of CMM form and tolerance assessment software | |