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IJAT Vol.6 No.6 pp. 697-703
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2012.p0697
(2012)

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Toolpath Generation Method Based on Control Characteristics of Machine Tool for High-Speed and High-Accuracy Machining

Kosuke Saito*, Hideki Aoyama*, and Noriaki Sano**

*Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan

**UEL Corporation, 33-8 Wakamatsu, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0056, Japan

Received:
February 4, 2012
Accepted:
July 6, 2012
Published:
November 5, 2012
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Keywords:
CAM, machine tool controller, high speed machining, high accuracy machining
Abstract
Drive control of NC machine tools is based on linear interpolation. When curved surfaces are machined using linear interpolation, problems arise with the feedrate not reaching the command feedrate, machining accuracy and surface quality decreasing, etc. In order to solve such problems, a method for generating a toolpath based on the control characteristics of a machine tool is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through simulations and experiments. It is found that the proposed method can reduce the cutting time to approximately 50% of the time required when conventional CAM systems are used. The proposed method also improves surface quality.
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K. Saito, H. Aoyama, and N. Sano, “Toolpath Generation Method Based on Control Characteristics of Machine Tool for High-Speed and High-Accuracy Machining,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.6 No.6, pp. 697-703, 2012.
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