Author(s)

V. Chiles & D.M.S. Blackshaw

Abstract

A review of proposals for amendments to the ISO 230 Standards V. Chiles' & D.M.S. Blackshaw* ' University of Northumbria, England * ?T, Elland, England Abstract This paper summarises two years work done by a Craft EU project SMT4-25- CT98-5524 in the UK, Austria and Italy to review the range of machine tool test methods defined by the ISO 230 series of standards It reviews 'points to be agreed' with a customer when tests are applied to a particular machine, as well as focusing upon the proposed 230-3 Thermal Tests (this is now an established standard) and 230-6 Diagonal Test procedures. A range of suggested improvements to test procedures has been submitted to ISO committees in the UK, in Italy, and in Switzerland. 1 Introduction This project started out with the intention of examining known problems in the ISO 230 series of Machine Testing Standards^. These standards define the range of performance criteria used to define machine performance and the established t

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