Spindle Error Analyzer Tests Performed:
Temperature Variation Error

Ambient Temperature Changes

This tests for movement in the spindle relative to the mounting system due to ambient temperature changes. This test is performed without spindle rotation and with power to the machine turned off. Because of the slow changing nature of ambient temperature and the time required for the thermal mass of a machine tool to "soak out" to the ambient temperature, these tests are of long duration with twenty-four hours being typical. This measurement is performed with a probe in the X, Y, and Z axes.

The change in each axis over time is plotted with temperature information from the temperature sensors if used.

Additional Features

• Editable labels on temperature curves (i.e. Ambient, Frame etc.)
• Open and shorted temperature probe alert
• Manual scale adjustment