A novel 5-DOFs dynamic model of aerostatic spindle considering the effect of process damping in ultra-precision machining

The existing aerostatic spindle dynamic model only analyses the effects of mass imbalance and external load, ignoring the influence of cutting system on the spindle dynamic characteristics under cutting conditions. In this paper, a 5-DOFs aerostatic spindle dynamic model is established considering the influence of the micro-scale non-linear dynamic performance of the aerostatic spindle and cutting process damping. First, an analytical identification model of process damping with blunt circular cutter is established. Then, the micro-scale dynamic characteristics of the aerostatic spindle are analyzed and a 5-DOFs aerostatic spindle dynamic model is established considering the influence of process damping. Finally, the model is simulated and the influence of process damping on the dynamic characteristics of aerostatic spindle is analyzed. The simulation results show that the process damping of the cutting system has a significant influence on the dynamic characteristics of the aerostatic spindle. This study can provide theoretical guidance for coupling research of cutting system and spindle system.