Temperature Differential Analysis of a Ball Plate Artefact in Standard Environmental Condition

In this work the study is performed on Steady State thermal analysis on a zirconia-dolerite ball plate type artefact which is used during calibration of CMM. To improve the efficiency the heat dissipation is an important factor to be considered during CMM calibration. Here the steady state thermal analysis is done on this ball plate type artefact in the temperature range of 20 to 22.50C which is standard temperature condition during which the artefact gives correct reading. The analysis intends to find the temperature distribution and deformation of a ball plate during the temperature range of 20 to 22.50C. The model and analysis of the ball plate is done by using ANSYS Workbench 15.0 Software. The Temperature distribution and temperature deformation are obtained to find the suitable temperature range for the ball plate. This analysis shows the potential areas of ball plate for temperature differential.