抄録
This study leads to some findings from novel formulae for path interval determination and a geometrical analysis of machined surface features in 5-axis milling. Because of space constraint, we only describe the former topic in this paper. In tool path generation, path interval determination is usually performed using the formulae derived from the geometrical relationship between a path interval and a scallop height. However, the formulae have not necessarily been provided for commonly-used cutting tools in every milling. It also seems that there still remains much to be studied on the microscopic topography generated in 5-axis milling. The dual insufficiencies gave authors a clear direction to this study. For path interval determination, the novel expressions for filleted end milling were formulated with the reference to those of other milling tools.
