General configuration (obligatory)

Volumetric Compensation(s) takes place

in the start-up list "hochlauf.lis" [STUP//Chapter Volumetric Compensation] and
in the compensation-specific lists [VOLC].

Up to five compensations can be configured for each controller. Configuration of more than only one compensation makes sense on multi-channel machines, for example. Moreover, the measuring strategy can influence whether you have to work with one or more compensations; see Section “Influence of measuring strategy on configuration”.

Axis assignment

Volumetric Compensation requires the presence of

3 translatory axes and
up to 3 rotary axes.

The ISO standard stipulates the letters X, Y, Z, A, B and C as axis names.

Which physical axis assumes the role of the X axis, the Y axis, etc. is assigned by the logical axis number.

Notice
This axis assignment must match the axis identifier when the machine is measured. Otherwise, the compensation values are assigned to the wrong aces and this results in an inexact TCP position during machining.

Programming Example

Axis assignment in compensation list

# Axis assignment for 0-th compensation, via logical axis number

X 1

Y 2

Z 3

C 7

A 19

Number of records

For memory allocation, a bound must be specified for the number of records to be read. An error is issued if this number is exceeded when the parameter files are read in.

Programming Example

Example – number of records in "hochlauf.lis"

# Upper bound for the number of data records

vol_comp[0].max_records 2000

Parameter files

Up to 10 parameter files can be used for each compensation. A file name and the file format used must be specified for each parameter file.

The following names are available for the file format.

Name	File format
ISG_CSV	ISG CSV file format, see section “ISG CSV format”
ETALON_EXCHANGE	Etalon Exchange Format, see section “Etalon Exchange Format”

Programming Example

2 parameter files in compensation list

# First parameter file, ISG CSV format

file[0] C:\volcomp\datei01.csv

file_format[0] ISG_CSV

# Second parameter file, Etalon exchange format

file[1] C:\volcomp\datei02.exc

file_format[1] ETALON_EXCHANGE

Kinematic model

Further information is needed to completely describe the machine kinematic model. In particular, the sequence of axes in the kinematic chain must be specified.

Under certain circumstances, the number of axes located on the workpiece side must be specified. Whether this value must be specified depends on the measuring strategy, see section “Influence of the measurement strategy on configuration”.

Programming Example

Kinematic model in compensation list

# Example: a 5-axis CB machine, table-table kinematics

# ID57 in the ISG library for Kinematic Transformations

# the sequence of the axes is CBYXZ

chain CBYXZ

# (the first) two axes CA are located on the workpiece side

workpiece_axes 2

	Specifying the kinematic chain starts with the workpiece and then runs along the axes up to the tool. The sequence in which the axes occur specifies the kinematic chain. In this example, we have a CBYXZkinematic.

General configuration (obligatory) 1: — **Kinematic chain** for a 5-axis CB machine

Limit value

A limit for the compensation value must be specified in the axis parameters for each of the axes to be compensated (previously X, Y, Z).

The lr_param.vol_comp.s_limit (P-AXIS-00525) parameter defines the maximum allowed compensation value for this axis. If this value is exceeded, an error is issued and the axis is stopped in a controlled manner.

Notice
If this limit is not defined, an error is issued when compensation is activated.

Programming Example

Limit in "achsmd1.lis"

# Limit of 1mm for compensation values, in 0.1um

lr_param.vol_comp.s_limit 10000

Notice
The s_limit limit must also be defined for gantry axes whose master axes are involved in Volumetric Compensation. Otherwise, an error is output when a compensation value is applied.