Design and development of a novel tunable electrorheological fluid (ERF) damper-foundation to attenuate residual vibrations in machine tools

Residual vibrations in machine tools hamper accuracy and productivity. The attenuation of residual has been an industrial concern for decades. Meanwhile, the vibrations' vibration pattern reveals that support foundation's damping capabilities predominantly influence them. Therefore, inserting dampers any other location on a tool (such as column) is ineffective. Hence, scope damper into foundation needs to be verified. However, conventional mounting systems (concrete rubber mounts) equally respond all variable inputs. Both these flocks resulted inadequate dampening perhaps poor accuracy. This paper provides first-generation model semiactive-viscous (ERF damper-foundation) with tunable facilitating installation. Controlled experimentation by exposing developed excitations medium duty lathe confirms its effectiveness obtains over 48% compared concrete foundation.