Automatic selection of cutter orientation for preventing the collision problem on a five-axis machining |
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Authors: | Yao-Wen Hsueh Ming-Hsien Hsueh Hsin-Chung Lien |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Taiwan Institute of Science and Technology, No. 2, Xueyuan Rd., Peitou, 112 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The rotation joints of a five-axis machine tool can offer freedom and appropriate rotation to prevent interference problem
between workpiece and the cutter. However, to a five-axis machine tool, it is quite difficult to determine the collision-free
cutter orientation. Over this problem, a two-stage cutting tool collision check method is proposed to prevent the collision
problem during the cutting process on a five-axis machine tool. The proposed method is capable of determining the collision
free ball-end cutter orientation automatically. The first stage is to obtain the tilting and collision-free angle range in
the plane that is normal to the tool path obtained. Next, a checking cone generated from this collision-free tool axis range
is used for the second collision check. The collision region is formed by the intersection of the neighboring surfaces. This
implies a collision-free yaw angle range. The final cutting tool orientation is determined automatically by referring the
original spindle axis and the least angular variation from the spindle axis. Finally, the implementation issue is discussed
with example. |
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Keywords: | Collision-free Cutter orientation Five-axis machine tool Postprocessor Tool path |
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