Generating collision-free tool orientations for 5-axis NC machining with a short ball-end cutter

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7337-7356

  Bi, Q Z ^a   Wang, Y H ^a   Zhu, L M ^a   Ding, H ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 axis machining; access based algorithm; collision detection; tool length; tool path

Indexed keywords

5-AXIS MACHINING; ACCESS-BASED ALGORITHM; BALL-END CUTTER; COLLISION DETECTION; CUTTING EXPERIMENT; CUTTING PROCESS; EXISTING METHOD; GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY CONES; NC SIMULATION; NC-MACHINING; OPTIMISATIONS; SLENDERNESS RATIOS; TOOL DEFLECTION; TOOL ORIENTATION; TOOL PATH; TOOL PATH GENERATION; TOOLPATHS;

ALGORITHMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CUTTING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MACHINING; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77955463174     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903436679     Document Type: Article

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