Abstract
The study deals with an integrated main processor for six-axis control machining. The six-axis control machining, where non-rotational cutting tools are used, has a lot of advantages, compared with the conventional one using rotational cutting tools. The main processors, which have developed till now, can generate cutter location data corresponding to the kind of six-axis control machining. However, it is not convenient to prepare the main processor for each machining method. To solve the problem, the integration of the main processors is intended, where cutter location data corresponding to specific machining method is automatically generated on the basis of judgment of the shape pattern standing for the kind of six-axis control machining. In this report, two kinds of software module were developed to generate six-axis machining cutter location data for corner and character line shape. As a result, it was experimentally confirmed that the developed module allows us to carry out six-axis machining without tool collision occurring.
