Six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform and control method thereof

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  "publication_number": "US9777793B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform and control method thereof",
  "abstract": "A six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform includes a basic platform, a load platform, six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices that are exactly the same and a controller. Upper and lower ends of each set of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices are connected with the load platform and the basic platform, respectively. A control method includes: calculating a logical axis signal, calculating a logical axis control signal, calculating physical axis real-time control signals and a transfer step.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform, comprising: a basic platform, a load platform, six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices that are exactly the same and a controller; axes of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices forming six sides remaining after the sides connected by two diagonal vertices of a cube are removed, intersection points of the axes being six vertices of the cube, three upper intersection points being fixed onto the load platform and being evenly distributed on the load platform along the circumference at an interval of 120°; three lower intersection points being fixed onto the basic platform and being evenly distributed on the basic platform along the circumference at an interval of 120°; axes of any two adjacent single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices being perpendicular to each other, and the same end being disposed toward the intersection point of the axes; the single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices each comprising an upper flexible hinge, an active vibration isolation assembly, a passive vibration isolation assembly and a lower flexible hinge that are sequentially connected and fixed; and the controller being connected with the active vibration isolation assemblies of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices, for obtaining a real-time control signal by calculation and outputting the real-time control signal to the active vibration isolation assemblies, to make active control compensations for vibrations, and wherein the active vibration isolation assembly comprises a piezoelectric actuator, a mechanical amplification member, a dynamic force sensor, a bellow shielding tube and a baffle plate; and the passive vibration isolation assembly comprises a metal spring, an upper guide plate, a lower guide plate, a sleeve and a screw; wherein the piezoelectric actuator, the mechanical amplification member and the dynamic force sensor are disposed in the interior of the bellow shielding tube, and at a lower end of the bellow shielding tube is the baffle plate; the dynamic force sensor is fixed to an upper end of the bellow shielding tube, an upper end of the mechanical amplification member is fixed to a lower end of the dynamic force sensor, and a lower end of the mechanical amplification member is stopped at an inner side of the baffle plate and is fixed to an upper end of the screw; the piezoelectric actuator is fixed to the interior of the mechanical amplification member, and the mechanical amplification member is used for amplifying the motion stroke of the piezoelectric actuator; the bellow shielding tube is axially telescopic; and the upper flexible hinge is mounted to the upper end of the bellow shielding tube; the upper end of the screw is an upper guide bolt, and the lower end thereof is a lower guide bolt the upper guide bolt passes through the baffle plate to enter the interior of the bellow shielding tube, and is connected and fixed to the lower end of the mechanical amplification member; the upper guide plate is stopped at a lower side of the baffle plate, and is fixed by the upper guide bolt an end portion of the lower guide bolt is fixed to an upper end of the lower flexible hinge, and the lower guide plate is stopped at the upper end of the lower flexible hinge and is fixed by the lower guide bolt the metal spring is sleeved on the screw and is stopped between the upper guide plate and the lower guide plate, and the sleeve is sleeved between the screw and the metal spring; and the piezoelectric actuator and the dynamic force sensor are connected with the controller, respectively, and the dynamic force sensor is used for detecting a vibration signal of the load platform and inputting the vibration signal to the controller; the controller is used for calculating a real-time control signal according to the obtained vibration signal and outputting the real-time control signal to the piezoelectric actuator, to deform the piezoelectric actuator; the mechanical amplification member is used for mechanically amplifying the stroke of the piezoelectric actuator, and acting on the load platform by transfer of the bellow shielding tube and the upper flexible hinge, to make active control compensations for residual error vibrations of the load platform.",
    "2. The six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform according to claim 1, wherein the lower flexible hinge and the upper flexible hinge are of the same structure and both employ a flexible Hooke joint.",
    "3. The six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform according to claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric actuator is a stack-type or tube-type piezoelectric ceramic actuator; the mechanical amplification member is a triangular amplification member or a micro motion worktable amplification member.",
    "4. A control method of a six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform, wherein the six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform comprises: a basic platform, a load platform, six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices that are exactly the same and a controller; axes of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices forming six sides remaining after the sides connected by two diagonal vertices of a cube are removed, intersection points of the axes being six vertices of the cube, three upper intersection points being fixed onto the load platform and being evenly distributed on the load platform along the circumference at an interval of 120°; three lower intersection points being fixed onto the basic platform and being evenly distributed on the basic platform along the circumference at an interval of 120°; axes of any two adjacent single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices being perpendicular to each other, and the same end being disposed toward the intersection point of the axes; the single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices each comprising an upper flexible hinge, an active vibration isolation assembly, a passive vibration isolation assembly and a lower flexible hinge that are sequentially connected and fixed; and the controller being connected with the active vibration isolation assemblies of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices, for obtaining a real-time control signal by calculation and outputting the real-time control signal to the active vibration isolation assemblies, to make active control compensations for vibrations, the method comprising: A. calculating a logical axis displacement signal x of the centroid point of the load platform the six active vibration isolation assemblies measuring vibration force signals in axial directions of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices respectively and delivering up the vibration force signals to the controller, the controller converting the vibration force signals to displacement signals q 1, q 2, q 3, q 4, q 5, q 6 by two integrations and a detrend item, to form a physical axis displacement signal q=[q 1 q 2 q 3 q 4 q 5 q 6] T which is converted, by an operation {dot over (q)}=J·{dot over (x)}, to the logical axis displacement signal of the centroid point of the load platform as follows: x=[xyzαβγ] T wherein J is the velocity Jacobian matrix, and x, y, z, α, β, γ are translational displacement signals and rotation angle signals of the centroid point of the load platform along X, Y and Z axes, respectively; J = [l 1 T l 1 T ⁢ p ~ 1 l 2 T l 2 T ⁢ p ~ 2 l 3 T l 3 T ⁢ p ~ 3 l 4 T l 4 T ⁢ p ~ 4 l 5 T l 5 T ⁢ p ~ 5 l 6 T l 6 T ⁢ p ~ 6] wherein l 1, l 2, l 3, l 4, l 5, l 6 are unit direction vectors of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices, respectively, p 1, p 2, p 3, p 4, p 5, p 6 are platform radius vectors formed by hinge connecting points of the upper flexible hinges of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices and the centroid point of the load platform, respectively, p=[p 1 p 2 p 3 p 4 p 5 p 6] is a radius matrix formed by the platform radius vectors, and {tilde over (p)}=[{tilde over (p)} 1 {tilde over (p)} 2 {tilde over (p)} 3 {tilde over (p)} 4 {tilde over (p)} 5 {tilde over (p)} 6] is an anti-symmetric matrix of p=[p 1 p 2 p 3 p 4 p 5 p 6]; B. calculating a logical axis control signal x′ of the centroid point of the load platform obtaining a logical axis control signal x′=[x′ y′ z′ α′ β′ γ′] T by calculation with an active control algorithm according to the logical axis displacement signal x, wherein x′, y′, z′, α′, β′, γ′ are translational displacement signals and rotation angle signals of the centroid point, after a calculation process, along X, Y and Z axes, respectively; C. calculating physical axis real-time control signals of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices: by transposing the velocity Jacobian matrix J T, converting the logical axis control signal x′ to a physical axis control signal q′=[q′ 1 q′ 2 q′ 3 q′ 4 q′ 5 q′ 6] T, {dot over (q)}=J T ·{dot over (x)}′, wherein q′ 1, q′ 2, q′ 3, q′ 4, q′ 5, q′ 6 are respectively control signals of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices after the conversion; wherein the expression of transposing the Jacobian matrix J T is as follows: J T = [l 1 T l 2 T l 3 T l 4 T l 5 T l 6 T l 1 T ⁢ p ~ 1 l 2 T ⁢ p ~ 2 l 3 T ⁢ p ~ 3 l 4 T ⁢ p ~ 4 l 5 T ⁢ p ~ 5 l 6 T ⁢ p ~ 6] D. a transfer step: the controller transferring the physical axis real-time control signals of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices to the corresponding active vibration isolation assemblies, respectively, to make real-time active vibration compensations for the corresponding single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices.",
    "5. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the active vibration isolation assemblies each comprise a piezoelectric actuator, a mechanical amplification member and a dynamic force sensor, and in step A, the six dynamic force sensors measure vibration force signals in axial directions of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices, respectively; in step D, the controller transfer the physical axis real-time control signals of the six sets of single-degree-of-freedom active and passive composite vibration isolation devices to the corresponding piezoelectric actuators, respectively; the mechanical amplification members amplify the motion strokes of the piezoelectric actuators to make vibration compensations, thereby achieving active vibration compensations."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention belongs to the field of micro vibration isolation and suppression, and in particular, relates to a six-degree-of-freedom micro vibration suppression platform and a control method thereof.\n\nMicro vibrations are present in some complicated working environments, and the micro vibrations are key factors that affect machining or working precision of devices. The traditional passive vibration isolator consists of mass-spring-damping elements, but it cannot meet the vibration isolation requirement of precise machining as it has inherent contradictions between the low-frequency vibration transmissibility and the high-frequency vibration attenuation rate. Relative to a passive vibration isolation mechanism, active vibration isolation has greatly improved the performance of the system, but it requires a sensor-actuator pair and a corresponding active control system, which requires the active vibration isolation mechanism to have a simple structure, an efficient algorithm and lower power consumption.\n\nIn terms of the structure, the current mainstream micro vibration isolation or suppression devices are formed by connecting passive vibration isolation elements and active actuators in a certain manner. For example, means such as the active and passive composite use of an air spring and a voice coil motor, the active and passive composite use of a diaphragm spring and a voice coil motor, the active and passive composite use of a metal spring and a linear motor, effectively suppress the micro vibrations and have better low frequency and high frequency attenuation capability, but they all have the following problems:",
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    "F16M 11/22",
    "G05B 19/402",
    "H02N 2/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Huazhong University of Science and Technology"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Xuedong Chen",
    "Min Wang",
    "Yixiu Sun",
    "Xiaoqing Li"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-11-11",
  "publication_date": "2017-10-03",
  "grant_date": "2017-10-03",
  "priority_date": "2016-09-20",
  "application_number": "US-201615349670-A",
  "family_id": "57713167",
  "cited_by_count": 72,
  "citations": [
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}