通过拼接尺度条形方法即兴长测试长度:激光追踪器的临时测试
Vincent D Lee1, Daniel Sawyer1, Bala Muralikrishnan1
1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
|September 23, 2024
概括
这项研究调查了一个较短的1.15米尺度条是否可以通过模拟2.3米长的激光追踪系统 (LTS) 来有效测试激光追踪系统 (LTS). 研究结果表明,这种较短的文物可以充分暴露LTS的不准确性.
科学领域:
- 计量学和测量科学 计量学和测量科学
- 光学工程和仪器仪表技术
背景情况:
- 国际标准组织 (ISO) 和美国机械工程师协会 (ASME) 的标准规定,用于激光追踪系统 (LTS) 性能验证,校准长度为2.3米或以上的工件.
- 以前的研究 (NIST IR 8016) 表明,在2.3米的测试长度上对称地使用时,1.15米间隔的尺度条可以暴露LTS错误.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估1.15米尺度棒在足够暴露激光追踪系统 (LTS) 错误时的有效性,当其长度结合以创建2.3米测试长度时.
- 为了确定一个较短的工件是否可以满足LTS的性能验证要求.
主要方法:
- 使用1.15米的尺度条来创建一个合的2.3米的测试长度用于LTS性能验证.
- 将1.15米尺度棒的错误检测能力与已建立的2.3米文物标准进行比较.
主要成果:
- 1.15米的尺度条,当合以形成2.3米长的尺度条时,在暴露LTS不准确性方面表现出足够的表现.
- 结果表明,较短的文物可以用于LTS性能验证.
结论:
- 一个1.15米的尺度条是一个可行的替代方案,用于创建一个2.3米的测试长度LTS性能验证.
- 这种方法为确保LTS准确性提供了一个潜在的更实用和更具成本效益的方法.
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