Measuring setup for the investigation of the reproducibility of tool changing interfaces for high-precision devices

摘要

High-precision devices such as the nanopositioning and nanomeasuring machines developed at Technische Universitat Ilmenau are capable of measuring structures with nanometre precision. The machines are prepared for the use of different measuring tools, whereby the tool change has to be done manually. The reproducibility of the tool change is not sufficient to continue measuring without elaborate calibration. The extension of the machine capabilities for use in nanofabrication requires an automatic, highly reproducible tool change. A reproducibility of the changing interface of 30 nm is targeted. State of the art interfaces have a reproducibility which is one order of magnitude lower. To be able to measure the reproducibility in five DOF, an appropriate measuring method and setup are required. The required properties such as the measurement uncertainties are determined on the basis of these requirements. Measuring methods are compared, evaluated and selected systematically. The design of the measuring setup focuses particularly on minimizing disturbing temperature influences for the identification of function-determining influences of kinematic couplings. A vector-based uncertainty analysis is carried out to validate the setup.