Temperature Compensation Setup For PC-DMIS 3.0 and above

Temperature Compensation Setup............................................................................................... 1

Contents........................................................................................................................................................... 3

Temperature Compensation Setup............................................................................................................... 4

Available Input Parameters....................................................................................................................... 4

Sensor Numbers boxes................................................................................................................................ 4

Material Coefficient boxes........................................................................................................................... 4

Current Temp boxes.................................................................................................................................... 5

Prev Temp boxes......................................................................................................................................... 5

Ref Temp boxes.......................................................................................................................................... 5

High Threshld boxes.................................................................................................................................... 5

Low Threshld boxes.................................................................................................................................... 6

Origin boxes................................................................................................................................................ 6

Show Temperatures in Celsius..................................................................................................................... 6

Temperature Compensation Enabled........................................................................................................... 6

Compensation Method................................................................................................................................. 6

Time Remaining........................................................................................................................................... 7

Delay Before Reading Part........................................................................................................................... 7

Reset to Defaults.......................................................................................................................................... 8

Get Current Temps....................................................................................................................................... 8

TEMP COMP Command in the Edit Window............................................................................................ 8

Controller Support...................................................................................................................................... 8

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Temperature Compensation Setup dialog box

The Options | Temperature Compensation Setup menu option opens the Temperature Compensation Setup dialog box. This dialog box allows you to compensate for room and part temperature, thus increasing accuracy of the inspection process.

Available Input Parameters

The following explain the available input parameters on the Temperature Compensation Setup dialog box.

Sensor Numbers boxes

The Sensor Numbers boxes contain a list of one or more sensor numbers to be used for the given axis or part. These values are very important when reading temperatures from the controller because they must correspond to how the sensors are actually configured.

·  Each sensor is a number in the range of 1 to 32.

·  Items in the list can be either a single number or a range from first to last.

·  Items are separated by either commas or left blank.

·  The input allows up to 32 values for any axis or the part.

For “manual” mode these numbers are relatively meaningless but at least one sensor number must be assigned for each axis and the part.

Material Coefficient boxes

The Material Coefficient boxes contain numbers reflecting the material property, and are the fractional change in length per unit change in temperature.

·  Values vary depending on what type of material was used to make the scales on the machine axes and on what the part is made of.

·  Units are per degree C or per degree F, depending on the selection of the checkbox for displaying in Celsius or not.

·  This can be thought of as meters/meter/degree C or inches/inch/degree F but since the length in both the numerator and denominator are in the same units they divide out.

Qual Tool

This box allows you to specify the material coefficient for the probe qualification tool separately from the part.

Current Temp boxes

The Current Temp boxes contain the current temperatures in the appropriate units. You can either type these or read them in from the controller depending on the type of machine available and the selected options.

Prev Temp boxes

The Previous Temp boxes always contain the previously read temperatures. If no temperatures were previously read in, these values are either zero or left blank.

Ref Temp boxes

The Ref Temp boxes contain the reference temperature from which temperature compensation adjustments need to be applied.

·  The amount of correction to be applied is based on multiplying the material coefficient by the difference between the current and reference temperatures. Amount of Correction = Material Coefficient x (Current Temp – Reference Temp)

·  If the current temperature is the same as the reference temperature the net effect is that no thermal compensation adjustment is applied.

·  The value in these boxes is almost always 20 degrees C, or the Fahrenheit equivalent.

High Threshld boxes

The High Threshld boxes contain an upper limit (in the appropriate units) on the current temperature above which no further thermal compensation will be applied. PC-DMIS doesn’t prodcue any warning or error message.

Low Threshld boxes

The Low Threshld boxes is conceptually like the high threshold except it provides a lower limit on the current temperature below which no further thermal compensation will be applied.

Origin boxes

The Origin boxes are used to determine the length of the item to which thermal compensation is being applied.

Length = Current Position Value – Origin Value

·  The X, Y, and Z values of the Origin boxes will be zero most of the time. However, some types of machines do not use zero for the origin of their scales.

·  The Part value will typically also be zero unless there is some special type of fixturing constraint.

Show Temperatures in Celsius

The Show Temperatures in Celsius check box affects both the temperatures and the material coefficient.

·  If you select this check box, the display will use degrees Celsius.

·  If you clear this check box, PC-DMIS will use degrees Fahrenheit.

Temperature Compensation Enabled

The Temperature Compensation Enabled check box tells PC-DMIS to use temperature compensation.

·  If not selected, PC-DMIS does not perform any temperature compensation, and the TEMPCOMP command (if present in the part program) will have no effect.

·  If selected, PC-DMIS behaves according to the input parameters.

Compensation Method

The following are the available compensation methods and their respective processes in PC-DMIS.

Time Remaining

The Time Remaining display shows the time remaining before the temperature reading takes place. This only displays if you set up a delay period for execution. See “Delay Before Reading Part” on page 7 below.

Delay Before Reading Part

The Delay Before Reading Part box allows you to specify a period that PC-DMIS will wait during part program execution before reading the Sensors to obtain the current temperatures. If zero is entered then there is no pause.

Reset to Defaults

The Resets to Defaults button updates any previously modified values with the previously saved values. If this is on a DEA machine and a serv1.stp is available then PC-DMIS will read that file.

Get Current Temps

If you select the Read Temps from Controller method from