Ultra-precision machining for optical lens is a key subject in the field of modern optics machining, the focus of which is the higher demands for profile precision and surface roughness. As a kind of deterministic machining, the single point diamond turning lathe is widely used in the optical field, thus higher stabilization for the turning lathe is required with small amplitude of vibrations in a broad frequency-domain. The single point diamond turning lathe now boast its various forms both at home and abroad, and the vertical flying cutting milling style is an important branch. This kind of lathe is characterized with low guide rail velocity and main errors of this part are the alignment error of guide rail, the disturbance evolved by driving components, and the low velocity crawl. Such errors are presented as low-frequency profile error on the workpiece surface, and often relate to the guide rail velocity. The rotate speed of the spindle is higher comparatively, and the system is composed as a vibration element with mass, air-rigidity, air-damping and the periodicity impact vibration. As a result, this vibration can copy to the work piece by the tool nose in machining process, so we must manage to reduce the vibration for high machining precision. This paper is to deduce the proper dynamic parameter for reducing the spindle vibration and optimize the spindle structure via dynamic calculation for the diamond turning lathes used and bring forward the reformative idea for the lathes.

Date Published: 14 November 2007
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6722, 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies, 67222U (14 November 2007);

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6722:
3rd International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies
Li Yang; Yaolong Chen; Ernst-Bernhard Kley; Rongbin Li, Editor(s)