The present paper explores the industrial capabilities of a CAM‐ROB system implementation based on a commercial CAD/CAM system (NXTM) for an industrial robotic workcell of eight joints, committed to the rapid prototyping of 3D CAD‐defined models. The workcell consists of a KUKATM KR15/2 manipulator assembled on a linear track and synchronized with a rotary...

Milling cutters are important cutting tools used in milling machines to perform milling operations, which are prone to wear and subsequent failure. In this paper, a practical new hybrid model to predict the milling tool wear in a regular cut, as well as entry cut and exit cut, of a milling tool is proposed. The model was based on the optimization tool termed artificial bee colony (ABC) in combi...

The study was focused on the machined surface quality of titanium alloy under different milling conditions, including milling speed, tool rake angle and cooling method. The surface quality was investigated in terms of residual stress and surface roughness. The results show that the compressive residual stresses are generated on the machined surface under all milling conditions. The compressive ...

A new tool path planning method for 5-axis flank milling of a globoidal indexing cam is developed in this paper. The globoidal indexing cam is a practical transmission mechanism due to its high transmission speed, accuracy and dynamic performance. Machining the cam profile is a complex and precise task. The profile surface of the globoidal cam is generated by the conjugate contact motion of the...

This work deals with problems of tool axis inclination angles in ball-end milling. Tool axis inclination angle contributes to improvement of functional surface properties (surface integrity surface roughness, residual stress, micro hardness, etc.), decreasing cutting forces and improving production. By milling with ball-end milling tool, using standard way of cutting, when work piece and cuttin...

The effect of run-out is clearly noticed in micro-end-milling operations, while the same run-out creates negligible change at the cutting force profile of conventional end-milling operations. In this paper, the cutting force characteristics of micro-end-milling operations with tool run-out are investigated. An analytical cutting force model is developed for micro-end-milling operations with too...

The adaptronic spindle for milling machines can be positioned by piezoelectric actuators in three axial directions. This enables an automatic online-compensation of tool deflections in the milling process. The tool deflection is calculated by the process forces and the tool stiffness previously measured. A new spindle position is calculated to counteract the tool deflection. This procedure can ...

Artificial Immune System (AIS) is a new intelligent problem-solving technique that being used in some industrial applications. This paper presents such an immunity-based algorithm for tool breakage detection. The method is inspired by the negative-selection mechanism of the immune system, which is able to discriminate between the self (body elements) and the non-self (foreign pathogens). Howeve...

A method and apparatus are presented for five-axis NC milling process simulation and dimensional verification. An algorithm is utilized which employs a dexel representation of the workpiece and milling tool to reduce the complexity of the solid representation and associated Boolean operations. This representation is exploited to obtain high computational efficiency which affords real-time visua...

In order to machine micro structured dies and molds made of ceramics, micro milling tools made of poly-crystalline diamond (PCD) are developed. Many cutting edges are ground with diamond wheels. Tool wears of the PCD milling tool are evaluated by cutting spherical molds made of binder-less tungsten carbide and structured surfaces are machined for trial. From the experiments, it is clarified tha...