Development of Indexing Rough Cutting Method With Plunge Milling Using 5-axis Control Machine Tool

Abstract

The research proposes the new rough cutting method with 5-axis control, which uses a plunge milling that has been used only for 3-axis control machining. In order to achieve the method, it is necessary to generate the tool path in consideration of the tool interference with not only target shape but also removal parts. Therefore, the study developed the tool path generation method for the rough cutting by expanding the method that uses the original 2-dimensional configuration space technique. As a result, it is experimentally found that the system enables the efficient rough cutting of complicated shapes by using 5-axis control machine tool with only one set-up.