A CL surface deformation approach for constant scallop height tool path generation from triangular mesh |
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Authors: | Su-Jin Kim Min-Yang Yang |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we present a cutter location (CL) surface deformation approach for constant scallop height tool path generation
from triangular mesh. The triangular mesh model of the stereo lithography (STL) format is offset to the CL surface and then
deformed in accordance with the deformation vectors, which are computed by the slope and the curvature of the CL surface.
In addition, the tool path, which is computed by slicing the deformed CL surface, is inversely deformed by those same deformation
vectors to a tool path with a constant scallop height. The proposed method is implemented, and a tool path is generated and
tested by simulation and by numerical control (NC) machining. The scallop height was found to be constant over the entire
machined surface, demonstrating much better quality than that of mesh slicing, under the same constraints for machining time. |
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Keywords: | CL surface deformation Constant scallop height Tool path Triangular mesh |
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