Finite Element Analysis as a response to frequently asked questions of machine tool mechanical design-engineers

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Abstract

The finite element analysis (FEA) nowadays is indispensable in the product development of machining centres and production machinery for metal cutting processes. It enables extensive static, dynamic and thermal simulation of digital prototypes of machine tools before production start-up. But until now less reflection has been made about what are the most pressing questions to be answered in this application field, with the intention to align the modelling and simulation methods with substantial requirements. Based on 3D CAD geometry data for a modern machining centre (Deckel-Maho-Gildemeister DMG 635 V eco) merely the basic steps of a static analysis are reconstructed by FEA. Particularly the two most frequently asked questions by the design departments of machine tool manufacturers are discussed and highlighted. For this authentic simulation results are used, at which their selection is a consequence of long lasting experience in the industrial application of FEA in the design process chain. Noticing that such machine tools are mechatronic systems applying a considerable number of actuators, sensors and controllers in addition to mechanical structures, the answers to those core questions are required for design enhancement, to save costs and to improve the productivity and the quality of machined workpieces.

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Kehl, G., Blank, D., & Höger-Riedel, C. (2017). Finite Element Analysis as a response to frequently asked questions of machine tool mechanical design-engineers. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 104). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201710401001

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