High speed and high precision servomechanisms are key elements in the high
performance controlled motion systems. Therefore, it is of great importance
to consider the limitations of dynamic perfomances during the design of me
chanism dedicated to controlled motion axis. An important limitation is due
to the interaction between flexible mechanism and feedback controller. Thi
s paper aims to include this interaction in the mechanical design. Some des
ign rules are generated with a generic model which includes this interactio
n. Afterwards, with these new design rules it is possible to determine the
bandwidth and the inertial ratio of the mechanism to meet the controlled mo
tion requirements (e.g., speed and precision). With these rules and some ot
her classical rules, an attempt to raise the selection of design solutions
has been set within the context of the ball screw drive system for high spe
ed machine tools (e.g., kinematics, components and sensor location choices)
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