Design of a Cutting Point Control Algorithm for Five-Axis Machining

Abstract:

Five-axis machine tool with two additional rotary axes has been widely used in defense, aerospace and the consumer industries, and is an important process of precision manufacturing. Traditional five-axis program depends on the machine tool’s configuration and machining setting. This leads to inconvenience of reprogramming five-axis NC code for the end users. This paper proposes a cutting point control algorithm for five-axis machining. Although the commercial advanced controllers provide this function, they are very expensive and restricted to export. The developed algorithm can be embedded to the PC-based controller so that the specific cutter location data can be transformed and employed easily for different cutting tools. Verification using VERICUT solid cutting simulation software demonstrated the correctness of the generated cutter location data.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 249-250)
• Pages: 702-706
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.249-250.702
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Chen Hua She, Tsung Hua Yang
• Keywords: Cutting Point Control, Five-Axis Machine Tool, Tool Center Point

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