An Automatic Intelligent Diagnostic Mechanism for the Milling Cutter Wear

Tool wear monitoring for face milling process with intelligent algorithms

Today, machining processes are among the most common and important industrial operations. Considering the wide applications of the machining processes, the importance of having an accurate and reliable monitoring system is clear. Therefore, several researches and studies have been performed to respond to this demand. Despite considerable efforts in this field, the achievement is not satisfactor...

Automatic inspection system for dimensional measurements of the saw blade milling cutter

The demand for measuring equipments of automatic optical inspection has grown rapidly, because of its benefits of promoted efficiency and higher precision. Instead of manual projection measurements, measurement performance and efficiency can be obviously enhanced by the image measurement system. In this investigation, digital image processing and geometrical measurement principles have been int...

Study of the effective cutter radius for end milling of free-form surfaces using a torus milling cutter

A Geometric Algorithm for Finding the Largest Milling Cutter

In this paper, we describe a new geometric algorithm to determine the largest feasible cutter size for 2-D milling operations to be performed using a single cutter. In particular: 1. We give a general definition of the problem as the task of covering a target region without interfering with an obstruction region. This definition encompasses the task of milling a general 2-D profile that include...

Finding the Maximal Cutter for 2-d Milling Operations

NC machining is being used to create increasingly complex shapes. These complex shapes are used in a variety of defense, aerospace, and automotive applications to (1) provide performance improvements, and (2) create high performance tooling (e.g., molds for injection molding). The importance of the machining process is increasing due to latest advances in high speed machining that allows machin...