Optimization of toolpath with circular cycle transition for sharp corners in pocket milling

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• 作者：Shixiong Wu ; Zhenyu Zhao ; Cheng Yong Wang…
• 关键词：Sharp corner ; Toolpath ; High ; speed machining ; Circular cycle
• 刊名：The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：86
• 期：9-12
• 页码：2861-2871
• 全文大小：1,960 KB
• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Industrial and Production Engineering
  Production and Logistics
  Mechanical Engineering
  Computer-Aided Engineering and Design
  
• 出版者：Springer London
• ISSN：1433-3015
• 卷排序：86

文摘

The toolpath for a sharp corner is important in pocket machining during high-speed machining with numerical control. When milling a sharp corner, a longer tool engagement length generates larger engagement angle and milling force, which reduces the machining precision. To reduce the milling force at a sharp corner and clear up uncut materials, the toolpath at corners must be optimized. In this paper, a new method of generating the toolpath with circular cycle transition at a sharp corner is put forward to provide a new numerically controlled toolpath pattern for pocket milling. On the basis of a common contour-parallel toolpath, minimum radius arcs and circular cycles are added in sequence at a sharp corner. When the cutter comes to the sharp corner, the corner material is removed step by step with a sequence of circular cycles. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed through simulation and tests. The proposed toolpath method is realized by employing the Institute of Manufacturing Technology (IMT) computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system. The toolpaths at sharp corners generated through commercial software and IMT-CAM software are tested by comparing the corresponding milling forces. It is illustrated in the results that the proposed method reduces the milling force effectively and is of great significance when it is applied in high-speed machining.