Patent EA-004845-B1 (EA)
Title: Method for measuring and/or machining a workpiece
Inventor: FEIX JURGEN
IPC: B23Q17/22
Filed: 2002-02-19
Abstract: 1. A method for measuring and/or machining a workpiece (1, 2), especially modules in building construction by means of a measuring and/or machining device (30), in which the workpiece (1, 2) is determined in a first coordinate system (21) with the aid of at least one determining device (10) and that the measuring and/or machining device (30), that can move relative to the workpiece (1, 2) is determined in a second coordinate system (22) independently of the position and the shape of the workpiece (1, 2), and that the coordinates of the workpiece (1, 2) on the one hand and the coordinates of the measuring and/or machining device (30) on the other hand are brought into a relationship with each other by a computer (40) in order to control the measuring and/or machining device (30) for measuring and/or machining the workpiece (1, 2). 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the workpiece (1, 2) is arranged to be stationary. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first and the second coordinate systems (21, 22) are brought into a relationship with one another in a third coordinate system (23). 4. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the workpiece (1, 2) is determined in at least two partial determination steps, that a relatively large section of the workpiece (1, 2) is determined with a rather low resolution in one partial determination step and in another partial determination step with a finer resolution a partial section of the larger section is determined, and that the data determined in the partial determination steps is adjusted by a computer (40). 5. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that a deviation of the actual state of the workpiece (1, 2) from its theoretical state is calculated using the determined shape of the workpiece (1, 2) in order to determine the necessary machining steps. 6. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the measuring and/or machining device (30) is determined repeatedly and preferably step-by-step or continuously in the second coordinate system (22) during the measuring and/or machining of the workpiece (1, 2). 7. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that measuring beams, especially laser beams, are transmitted from at least one transmitting module (10a) of the determining device (10) to the workpiece (1, 2) and/or to the measuring and/or machining device (30), and that measuring beams reflected on the workpiece (1, 2) or on the measuring and/or machining device (30) are received by at least one sensor (10b) arranged in space and designed as a receiving module of the determining device (10). 8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the determining of the workpiece (1, 2) and/or of the measuring and/or machining device (30) is carried out by laser interferometry. 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that reflection elements are placed in the immediate vicinity of the surfaces to be determined and that beams reflected on the reflection elements are received by at least one receiving module (10b) of the determining device (10). 10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the reflection elements comprise at least one spherical section on which measuring beams are reflected toward the receiving module (10b). 11. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that at least one transmitting module (10a) of the determining device (10) moves in a defined manner with the measuring and/or machining device (30) in the second coordinate system (22) during the determining of the measuring and/or machining device (30). 12. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the determining device (10) is arranged in a stationary manner during the determining of the measuring and/or machining device (30). 13. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the measuring and/or machining device (30) comprises at least one, preferably several measuring and/or machining devices (33) that can preferably be controlled individually. 14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the measuring and/or machining device (30) is moved close to the workpiece (1, 2) and the individual measuring and/or machining devices (33) are subsequently moved into their work positions in order to measure and/or machine the workpiece (1, 2). 15. The method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the measuring and/or machining device (30) is set onto the workpiece (1, 2). 16. The method according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the measuring and/or machining device (30) is placed next to the workpiece without making contact with it.