Can I trust a dynamic model?
Modelling a mechatronic system and being able to simulate the dynamic behaviour with analysis methods in frequency and time domain gives us deep insight into the properties and performance of…
The thermo-mechanical Frequency Response Function (FRF)
Mechanical engineers analyze the dynamic behaviour of machine tools in frequency domain. Resonance or antiresonance frequency are familiar concepts used to describe the structural dynamic response of a machine tool.…
Welcome to the world of thermo-mechanical simulations: environmental temperature effects
How do changes of the environmental temperature affect the manufacturing accuracy? How can you test these effects from an early stage of the design?If these questions pop into your mind,…
Gravity: from Newton’s apple tree all the way to your machine tool
How does gravity affect the geometric errors of your machine tool? Does the impact of gravity on your manufacturing accuracy vary at different positions of the axes? If only there…