Computer aided contouring operation for traveling wire electric discharge machining (EDM)

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• 作者：Wang ; J. ; Ravani ; B.
• 关键词：Numerical control ; Electric discharge machining ; Workpiece
• 刊名：Computer-Aided Design
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：September 1, 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：35
• 期：10
• 页码：925-934
• 全文大小：353 K

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This paper develops a computational method for numerical control (NC) of traveling wire electric discharge machining (EDM) operation from geometric representation of a desired cut profile in terms of its contours. Normalized arc length parameterization of the contour curves is used to represent the cut profile and a subdivision algorithm is developed together with kinematic analysis to generate the required motions of the machine tool axes. In generating the tool motions for cutting sections with high curvatures such as corners with small radii, a geometric path lifting method is presented that increases the machining gap and prevents gauging or wire breakage.