Patent ID: 7278222
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: B23Q,G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring a program-controlled machine tool using a measuring sphere, the machine tool having a controller with stored target values, the method comprising: positioning a measuring sphere on a machine part of the machine tool; moving a sensing element installed in the machine tool to a selected initial position; repeatedly moving the sensing element until it contacts various points on the surface of the sphere; calculating the spatial position of the center of the sphere based on the obtained measurement values; moving the machine part with the measuring sphere attached to it by a predetermined distance α after the first determination of the spatial position of the center of the sphere; again determining the position of the center of the sphere by point sampling of the surface of the sphere; determining a positional deviation by comparing the actual values of the spatial position of the center of the sphere detected in the respective measuring cycle with corresponding target values from the controller; and comparing the calculated spatial position of the center of the sphere with the target values stored in the controller.