Development of CAM System for Machining Complexes

Abstract

Machining Complexes are powerful to manufacture complicated workpiece with high productivity. However, NC data generation for Machining Complexes is very difficult when using such machine tools. There are some CAM systems for machining complexes, however they have such problems as the manual allocation of parts to generate tool paths, the difficulty of self-interference recognition without simulator and so on. Therefore, the study deals with the development of the system which can recognize part configurations, calculate tool paths automatically for turning and milling operations and sort them in machining order, based on 3-D CAD data of workpieces.