Milling Tool-Path based on Micrography

The objective of my research is to design and develop a unique tool-path planning system based on Micrography. CNC milling machines are extremely accurate, and fully automated; they are used widely in manufacturing industries. Thus, the some improvement of their tool-paths can have a widespread impact in this world. Figure 1 shows that tool-path planning for a simple pocket leads to various different alternatives, which have different time and energy requirements. This leaves us a big room for improvement in energy efficiency. For example, CNC milling machines have different masses of table axes. Thus, movement in one direction consumes more energy than that is consumed in the other direction. This characteristic tells us that it is beneficial in toolpath planning to have more movements in the advantageous axis, as much as possible, from the available alternatives. In addition, considering that the acceleration from rest and deceleration consume more energy than when the milling machine is moving at a constant velocity, it is preferable to have longer paths and fewer stops during cutting (Figure 2).