Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers (한국공작기계학회논문집)

The Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers (한국생산제조학회)
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Study on the Development of Post-Processor for 5-Axis NC Machining

5축 가공용 Post-Processor 개발에 관한 연구

  • 조은정 (창원대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 황종대 (창원대학교 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 정윤교 (창원대학교 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

This study deals with the method of post-processing in the automatic tool path generation for 5-axis NC machining. The 5-axis NC machining cannot only cope with the manufacturing of complicated shapes, but also offers numerous advantages such as reasonable tool employment, great reduction of set-up process and so on. Thus 5-axis NC machining has been used for aircraft parts, mold and die as well as for complicated shapes such as impeller, propeller and rotor. However, most of the present CAM systems for 5-axis NC machining have limited functions in terms of tool collision, machine limits and post-processing. Especially 5-axis machine configurations are various according to the method which the rotational axes are adapted with the table and spindle. For that reason, In many cases the optimal numerical control (NC) data cannot be obtained or considerable time is consumed. To solve this problem, we applied a general post-processor for 5-axis NC machining. The validity of this post-processor should be experimentally confirmed by successfully milling to a helix shaped workpiece.

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