JP2001004323A - Support adjusting device for reflecting optical system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the support adjusting device of a reflecting optical system for accurately positioning the supporting device of a reflecting optical system, and for easily adjusting the inclination. SOLUTION: One edge of an extension spring 34 is engaged with a spring engaging arm 35 provided at a mirror supporting arm 30, and the other edge of the extension spring 34 is engaged with a spring engaging ball 33 of a mirror holder 31 so that the center of the mirror holder 31 can be always engaged backward. Three V grooves 36 are formed on the back face of the mirror holder 31 with intervals at 120 deg., and small spheres 37 at the top ends of three adjusting screws 38 screwed into the mirror supporting arm 30 are butted to the V grooves 36. Thus, the whole adjusting screws 38 are operated, and the positions are moved back and forth so that the front and back positions of the reflecting mirror 32 can be adjusted, and any adjusting screw 38 is moved back and forth so that the angle to the optical axis can be adjusted to an arbitrary direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support for a reflective optical system component used in various optical system measuring devices such as a light wave interference stepper for accurately measuring the distance between balls of a ball step gauge for a coordinate measuring machine. It relates to an adjusting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A three-dimensional measuring device is a device for measuring dimensions and shapes with the aid of a computer using discrete X, Y, and Z coordinate points existing in a three-dimensional space. Moves the object to be measured placed on the surface plate and the probe attached to the tip of the Z-axis in the measuring machine relative to the object to be measured in the three-dimensional directions of X, Y, and Z. The moment of contact with an object is captured, and the moment is used as an electrical trigger to read the coordinate values in each feed axis direction and measure the dimensions and shape by a computer.

The above three-dimensional measuring machine often requires particularly high precision, and in order to guarantee high-precision measurement, accuracy tests are sequentially performed, and thereafter, measurement is performed using the three-dimensional measuring machine. At this time, the indicated value is corrected using the result of the accuracy test as a corrected value, or the adjusting value is finely adjusted by the adjusting means. In the accuracy inspection of the three-dimensional measuring machine, a gauge serving as a reference is required, and the gauge must be capable of evaluating a detection value by moving the probe three-dimensionally.

[0004] How to check the error of each axis of a coordinate measuring machine has been a serious problem for many researchers. Therefore, it is a well-known fact that a gauge was first devised for the purpose of determining the error of the three-dimensional measuring machine, and it should be basically measured by measuring a sphere. The next problem is how to form the measurement evaluation gauge in which the spheres are arranged, and various studies have been made on how to arrange the spheres in the same plane or how to arrange them three-dimensionally. .

As a ball gauge using the above sphere,
Ball step gauges in which a plurality of balls are arranged in a straight line are widely used, and for example, those shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 are known. 9A is a plan view, FIG. 9B is a right side view, and FIG. 9C is a center sectional view of the plan view. In FIG. 9, three circular holes 81 in the gauge frame 80 are shown. Is formed, and the ball receiving portion 8 is formed at the center bottom thereof.
2 and a probe insertion groove 8 provided around the ball receiving portion 82 so as to face the longitudinal direction of the frame.
3, 83, and the probe insertion grooves 8 at right angles thereto.
4,84. A high-precision spherical ball 85 is placed on the ball receiving portion 82, thereby forming a ball step gauge 86.

For example, when using the ball step gauge 86 to calibrate a coordinate measuring machine, the ball step gauge is mounted and fixed on a surface plate, and firstly, for example, when the position of the ball on the right side in the figure is measured. , The probe of the coordinate measuring machine is applied to at least four locations on the outer periphery of the ball 85 to calculate and measure the center position of the ball, and similarly measure the positions of all the balls in order. The position of the ball is determined in advance by a high-precision CMM, and the value is compared with the measurement result to calibrate the CMM.

Further, in the conventional ball step gauge shown in FIG. 10A, a support 93 to which three balls 92 in the figure are fixed is fixed on a base frame 91. Prop 9
A portion of 3 is thinly shaved off and configured to exhibit a leaf spring effect, so that the ball 92 supported at the tip can move left and right. A connecting pipe 94 is arranged between the central ball and the left and right balls, and both end portions of the connecting pipe 94 are formed so as to conform to the outer diameter shape and dimensions of the ball 92 and to be in close contact therewith. Pressing tubes 95 are arranged on both sides of the left and right balls, and a base frame 9 is provided from the outside.
The ball is pressed by a screw 97 that is screwed into the support frame 96 erected at 1 and the distance between the balls can be determined according to the effective length of the connecting pipe 94.

FIG. 10B is a partial plan view of FIG. 10A, in which a probe insertion groove 98 is formed at a portion where the connecting pipe 94 and the pressure pipe 95 are in contact with the ball, and the ball step gauge 86 shown in FIG. Performs the same function as. The distance between the balls of the ball step gauge shown in FIG. 10 is also valued by a high-precision three-dimensional measuring machine. When using this ball step gauge, the ball step gauge is used in the same manner as that shown in FIG. .

In the ball step gauges shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the distance between the balls is measured by a high-precision three-dimensional measuring machine. When a temperature difference between the right and left sides is generated, there is a problem that a thermal expansion due to the temperature difference causes a bimetal effect of the frame body, which causes a bend, thereby lowering the accuracy of the ball step gauge.

As a countermeasure, the present inventors have developed a ball step gauge as shown in FIG. 8 and have applied for a patent. In the figure, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a right side view,
(C) is a perspective view. The gauge frame 1 is composed of left and right vertical frames 2 and 3 and a horizontal frame 4 connecting an intermediate portion between the two vertical frames 2 and 3.
, And has a H-shaped cross section as shown in FIGS.

In FIG. 8, a hole 6 is formed at the center of the horizontal frame 4 of the gauge frame 1 to insert a ball 5 at a predetermined interval along the axial direction thereof. It is press-fitted and integrated with the gauge frame 1. The ball 5 is press-fitted into the gauge frame 1 so that the center thereof coincides with the axis L, which is the neutral axis of the secondary moment of area of the gauge frame 1 having an H-shaped cross section in both the vertical and horizontal directions. Fixed.

In the hole 6 of the gauge frame 1, four grooves 7
Are provided around the ball 5. The groove 7 is formed in the ball step gauge 10 by using a coordinate measuring machine or the like.
Is a moving space necessary for bringing the probe of the coordinate measuring machine into contact with the ball 5 when measuring the ball interval.

In FIG. 8A, the axis L is the neutral axis of the second moment of area of the gauge frame 1 as described above.
The centers of all the balls 2 are located on this axis L, so that the axis L is also the center line of the arrangement of the balls 5.

In the gauge frame 1, the vertical end faces 11, 12 of the left and right vertical frames 2, 3, which are parallel to the axis L and are upper surfaces in use, and the wall surface 13 of the horizontal frame 4 are: This is a surface that functions as a rolling prevention surface of a light wave interference stepper for ball step gauge measurement described later. Any one of the anti-rolling surfaces may be employed, and an appropriate one may be selected from the viewpoint of the design structure from the cross-sectional dimension of the H-shape and the shape and size of the interference stepper.

In the ball step gauge 10 having the above-described structure, since the centers of all the balls 5 are on the neutral line of the moment of inertia of area of the gauge frame 1, the vertical temperature difference of the frame is caused by thermal disturbance. Even if bending occurs due to the bimetallic effect of the frame due to thermal expansion caused by the temperature difference between the right and left sides, it is difficult for the dimensional change of the ball interval to occur. Further, since the frame of the ball step gauge 10 is an elastic supporting beam, an elastic deformation as a beam occurs due to the static load. Even if this deformation occurs, a change in the ball interval is small. be able to. Therefore, an extremely accurate ball step gauge can be obtained, and the calibration of the coordinate measuring machine using the ball step gauge can be performed accurately.

[0016]

After manufacturing the ball step gauge as described above, it is necessary to specify the position of the ball. Conventionally, a three-dimensional measuring machine with the highest possible accuracy has been used. This was done by measuring the position of the ball. However, no matter how high-precision CMM is used, the accuracy obtained by it is within the accuracy of the CMM itself, and the CMM calibrated with this ball step gauge Is effective only as a reference device for calibrating a CMM having a lower precision than the CMM.

In general, it is desirable that the accuracy of a reference device for calibrating a measuring device be calibrated with an accuracy of about 1/5 to 1/10 of the accuracy of the device to be calibrated. In recent years, the accuracy of CMM has been remarkably improved by 500mm
Some of them are smaller than μm. However, this 1μm 1
There is no actual coordinate measuring machine with an accuracy of 0.2 / 5 μm.
Calibration of a 1 μm-accurate three-dimensional measuring machine with a 1 μm-accuracy standard will cause inconsistency in length traceability.

As a countermeasure, it is conceivable to measure the position of the ball of the ball step gauge by using an optical measuring means. A reflector is set at a position corresponding to the center of the ball, and interference with the reflector is made. It is conceivable to apply light, perform light wave interference using the reflected light, and perform precise measurement. In this case, it is necessary to accurately position the reflecting mirror at a position corresponding to the center of the ball on the light wave interference stepper, and to accurately orient the reflecting mirror in the incident direction.

However, in the conventional adjusting means of the reflecting mirror, if the tilt of the reflecting mirror is adjusted after the positioning has been accurately performed, the previous position will be shifted. It is necessary to repeat such adjustment,
It is extremely difficult to perform accurate alignment and accurate tilt adjustment at the same time, and the adjustment has the disadvantage of requiring a lot of time.

Further, such a problem is not limited to the above-described reflective optical system supporting and adjusting device for an optical interference stepper used for measuring a ball step gauge, but also when measuring other types of ball step gauges. This naturally causes the same problem, and also causes a similar problem in a reflector supporting device in various optical system measuring devices other than the reflection optical system for the light wave interference stepper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a reflection optical system support adjusting device which can easily adjust the tilt while accurately aligning the reflection optical system support device.

[0022]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a holder having a reflective optical system component fixed on the front surface, a V-groove provided on the rear surface of the holder at equal angle divisions of 120 degrees, and a screw on the holder support member. The ball fixed to the tip of the adjusting screw to be fitted is fitted into each V-groove, a spring is stretched between the holder support member and the center of the holder, and the position and posture of the reflection optical system component are adjusted by operating each adjusting screw. This is a device for supporting and adjusting the reflection optical system.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In describing an embodiment of the present invention, first, an optical interference stepper for measuring a ball step gauge as an embodiment to which a support adjusting device for a reflection optical system according to the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. Referring to FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of the light wave interference stepper 20,
In the figure, the balls 5, 5 'of the ball step gauge 10 described above are added by two-dot chain lines. FIG. 3 is a bottom view. FIG. 4 is a right side view of the stepper, and similarly shows the H-shaped frame of the ball step gauge 10 by a two-dot chain line. FIG. 5 is a left side view showing the ball 5,
5 ′ is shown by a two-dot chain line. FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of a shaft used for the light wave interference stepper 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the light wave interference stepper 20 has a first spacer 22 fixed to an upper plate 21, and a sphere 23 such as a steel ball or a ceramic ball on the lower surface of the first spacer 22. Are fixed on a concentric circle at an angular interval of 120 degrees from each other. Three such spheres 23
The seating surface which engages with the ball 5 or 5 ′ is called a three-sphere spherical seat, and can stably support the ball 5.

The upper plate 21 of the light wave interference stepper 20 has a first
A second spacer 24 different from the spacer 22 is fixed. A cylindrical hole is formed below the second spacer 24, the axes of the holes are parallel to each other, and the above-mentioned ball arrangement center line is provided. Are formed in a direction parallel to the axis L to be formed. Two cylindrical rods 25 are press-fitted into the missing hole.
It is desirable to use a cylindrical roller for a rolling bearing as the cylindrical rod 25. The cylindrical rod 25 protrudes from the missing portion of the cylindrical hole and comes into contact with the ball 5 'at two points one by one.

The configuration of this portion is such that, besides arranging the cylindrical rods 25 in parallel, even if the planes are orthogonally arranged in a V-shape, or the lower part of the spacer 24 is formed into a V-plane, Although the effect of contacting at two points can be achieved, it is more advantageous to form the cylindrical rod 25 from a cylindrical roller for a rolling bearing as described above in that the frictional force with the ball spherical surface can be reduced.

The light wave interference stepper 20 is mounted on two adjacent balls 5 and 5 ′ of the ball step gauge 10 in a riding manner. As is well known, since the degree of freedom of the position and posture in the rigid body space is a total of six degrees of freedom, the ball step gauge 10 is
Is completely constrained by three spherical surfaces and three points are constrained to the ball 5 'by the cylindrical bar 25, so that the five-point constrain is established so far. The last constraint of the sixth point is to prevent the ball step gauge 10 from rolling.
A small ball 26 projecting downward from the stepper upper plate 21 is abutted against the end face of the vertical frame as the anti-rolling surface. The small ball 26 is fixed to the lower end of the adjusting screw 27. The adjusting screw 27 is screwed to the upper plate 21, adjusted in the vertical direction, and then locked to the upper plate 21 by the nut 28.

By constructing the light wave interference stepper 20 as described above, only the light wave interference stepper 20 is mounted on the two balls 5, 5 'in a horse-riding manner, thereby increasing the six degrees of freedom of the rigid body space. The CMM can be completely restrained, and the CMM can be calibrated easily and accurately.

Mirror support arms 30 protrude from the left and right sides of the upper plate 21 of the light wave interference stepper 20, and each mirror support arm 30 has a reflective optical system according to the present invention, as shown in detail in FIG. It has a support adjustment device. A mirror holder 31 that supports a reflecting mirror 32 as a reflecting optical system is positioned and fixed to both mirror supporting arms 30. FIG.
(A) is a sectional view of a front view of the embodiment,
(B) is a left side view, (c) is a right side view, and (d) is a partial plan view showing a contact state between a V groove and a small ball.

In the apparatus for adjusting and supporting a reflection optical system according to the present invention, a reflection mirror 32 is fixed to a mirror holder 31.
A spring hook 33 is fixed to the mirror holder 31,
A hook of a tension spring 34 is hooked on the spring hook 33. Further, a hook at the other end of the tension spring 34 is hooked on a spring stopper 39 of a spring hook arm 35 fixed to the back surface of the mirror support arm 30, whereby the tension spring 34 is connected to the through hole 47 of the mirror support arm 30. Through the mirror holder 3
1 are pulled to the left in FIG. 1 (a) at a position corresponding to the radial center of the following V-groove 36 radially arranged. In this way, by making the tension spring penetrate through the through hole 47 of the mirror support arm 30, it is possible to reduce the size of the whole in spite of using the tension spring.

On the surface of the mirror holder 31 on the side opposite to the mounting surface of the reflecting mirror 32, as shown by the broken line in FIG. ing. Three small balls 37 are formed in the V-groove so as to fall one by one, and the small balls 37 are securely in contact with the V-groove 36 by the tension of the tension spring. Each small ball 37 is in contact with the V-groove 36 at two points, and there are three small balls. Thus, the mirror holder 31 is stably restrained to the mirror supporting arm 30 by six points by the sum of the three small balls. We are implementing. The small ball 37 is fixed to the tip of each adjustment screw 38, and the adjustment screw 38 is screwed to the mirror support arm 30.

By configuring the support and adjustment device of the reflection optical system as described above, the reflection surface of the reflection mirror 32 is completely matched with the center line AA of the three spherical spherical seats of the light wave interference stepper 20. It is possible to easily adjust the posture so that the reflection surface is perpendicular to the interference light beam described later. Note that, instead of the above-described reflecting mirror, various reflecting members such as a corner cube which is generally used as an optical reflecting member can be used.

When measuring the distance between the balls of the ball step gauge 10 using the light wave interference stepper 20 as described above, as shown in the optical system principle diagram of FIG.
Projector 41, first half mirror 42, second half mirror 43, first reflecting prism 44, second reflecting prism 4
5 is used. The first half mirror 42 and the second half mirror 42 are
The light from the half mirror 43 is transmitted to the lightwave interference stepper 2.
The light is projected onto the reflecting mirrors 32 and 32 'located on both sides of the zero, and the reflected light is received to accurately measure the positions of the reflecting mirrors 32 and 32'.

The positions of the reflecting surfaces of the reflecting mirrors 32, 32 'determined by being positioned by the first ball 5 and the second ball 5' of the ball step gauge 10 are defined as the zero point of the measurement origin, and The light wave interference stepper 20 is moved to the positions of the second and third balls, and the position is measured in the same manner as described above. This movement measurement is sequentially repeated to measure the position of each ball of the ball step gauge, thereby measuring the ball interval. The last set of ball intervals can be measured by inverting the ball step gauge and performing the same interference measurement as described above. This makes it possible to measure the distance between all balls using the wavelength of light directly as a measurement standard, and to perform a more accurate measurement than when measuring the distance between balls using a conventional CMM. A very accurate ball step gauge can be obtained.

Further, if necessary, the same interference measurement as described above may be sequentially performed in the opposite direction to measure each ball interval twice, and perform more accurate measurement based on both measured values. And a more precise ball step gauge.

The three spherical spherical seats of the ball 5 and the light wave interference stepper 20 are moved to the next ball position by lifting the light wave interference stepper 20 in order to release the interference between the positions when the ball 5 is horizontally moved. This vertical movement can be performed by chucking the axis 50 to the Z axis using the Z axis function of the coordinate measuring machine. Horizontal movement is also performed using the X-axis function of the CMM,
0 can be moved directly. In the case of using a table moving type three-dimensional measuring machine, the ball step gauge 10 itself can be moved by the X-axis function to perform horizontal movement.

By using such a light wave interference stepper 20, even when the light wave interference stepper is tilted left and right in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example, the two reflecting mirrors 32 and 32 'are used.
Is always tilted about the axis passing through both balls 5, 5 ', so that Abbe's principle is adhered to and accurate measurement can always be performed. Such an optical interference stepper can be applied not only to a ball step gauge as shown in FIG. 8 but also to various ball step gauges such as a conventional ball step gauge as shown in FIG. Can be applied.

FIG. 6 shows the upper plate 21 of the light wave interference stepper 20.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory views showing a fitting state of a shaft 50 used when the light interference stepper 20 is moved at the time of the interference measurement. As shown in FIG. It is desirable to have the clearance 51. This is a measure to prevent additional restraint other than the above-described six-point restraint of the ball step gauge 10 from occurring when the lower part of the Z-axis of the coordinate measuring machine and the shaft 50 are connected at the upper part 52 thereof. It is necessary that the shaft 50 keeps a clearance with respect to the upper plate 41 also in the radial direction with respect to the hole 29 at the time of such interference measurement. When the shaft 50 is completely fixed to the upper plate 21, the upper part 52 of the shaft 50 is
It is necessary to provide a clearance for the Z-axis end.

When the distance between the balls of the ball step gauge 1 proposed by the inventor as shown in FIG. 8 is measured using an optical interference stepper 20 to which the reflecting optical system supporting device according to the present invention is applied, As described above, since the step gauge itself is stable both thermally and statically, it is possible to obtain a ball gauge that always maintains an extremely accurate value. By accurately measuring the distance between the balls using the above-described device, a ball step gauge that can accurately calibrate the coordinate measuring machine can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a ball step gauge for calibrating a coordinate measuring machine, and a reflection optical system of a light wave interference stepper as a device for accurately determining the distance between the balls. Although an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portion that adjusts is shown, the present invention can also be used to adjust the reflection optical system in various measuring instruments that perform measurement using light waves.

[0041]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to adjust the inclination of the supporting device of the reflection optical system used for various optical system measuring devices while accurately aligning the device, and to adjust the interference optical axis. It is possible to easily adjust various postures such as a posture in which the reflecting surface is perpendicular to the camera at a predetermined position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of a reflection optical system support device of the present invention,
(A) is a sectional view thereof, (b) is a left side view thereof, (c) is a right side view thereof, and (d) is a partial plan view showing a contact state between a V-groove of the mirror holder and a small ball.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a light wave interference stepper in which the reflection optical system support device is applied to a light wave interference stepper for a ball step gauge.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the optical interference stepper.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the optical interference stepper.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the optical interference stepper.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of a shaft portion provided in the light wave interference stepper.

FIG. 7 is a principle diagram of an optical system for optical interference measurement applied when using the optical interference stepper.

8A and 8B are examples of a ball step gauge which is preferably measured by an optical interference stepper to which the reflection optical system support device of the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 8A is a plan view, FIG. 8B is a side view, and FIG. Is a perspective view.

9A and 9B show a conventional ball step gauge, wherein FIG. 9A is a plan view, FIG. 9B is a right side view, and FIG. 9C is a longitudinal sectional view.

FIG. 10 shows another conventional ball step gauge.
(A) is a sectional view, and (b) is a partial plan view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 30 mirror supporting arm 31 mirror holder 32 reflecting mirror 33 spring hook 34 tension spring 35 spring arm 36 V groove 37 small ball 38 adjustment screw

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A V-groove is provided on a rear surface of a holder having a reflection optical system component fixed on a front surface thereof at equal angle divisions of 120 degrees, and a ball fixed to a tip of an adjusting screw screwed to a holder support member is provided in each V-groove. A support adjustment device for a reflection optical system, wherein the device is fitted, a spring is stretched between the holder support member and the center of the holder, and the position and posture of the reflection optical system component are adjusted by operating each adjustment screw. 2. The holder is arranged on the front surface of the holder support member, and a spring arm is fixed on the back surface. A tension spring is provided between the spring arm and the center of the holder through a through hole of the holder support member. 2. The supporting and adjusting device for a reflection optical system according to claim 1, wherein: