Toolpath generation for four-axis rough milling of sculptured surface turbine blade

Ming Luo, Baohai Wu, Dinghua Zhang, Shan Li, Ying Zhang

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Abstract

Presented in this paper is a method for four-axis rough milling of sculptured surface turbine blade. The proposed method consists of two steps, cutter-contact (CC) points generation and tool orientation planning. In the first stage, CC points for trimmed blade surface are generated in the parametric domain and then they are converted into the physical domain to get flow line toolpaths. In the second stage, optimized representative tool orientations are generated first, and then interpolation algorithm is employed to determine all tool orientations. With this method, smooth tool orientations can be obtained. Finally, computational examples were implemented to generate symmetrical spiral four-axis rough milling toolpath for the turbine blade disk. Simulation results show that the proposed method is efficient and it can improve the utilization of four-axis machine tools in the milling of turbine blade.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - First International Conference, ICIRA 2008, Proceedings
Pages887-895
Number of pages9
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2008 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 15 Oct 200817 Oct 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume5315 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period15/10/0817/10/08

Keywords

  • Rough milling
  • Sculptured surface
  • Toolpath generation
  • Turbine blade

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