B12 Active Tool Motion Control Referring Voxel Property of Removal Volume Voxel Model in Digital Copy Milling

Abstract

In order to achieve flexible and advanced machining, a system called Digital Copy Milling (DCM) was developed in our previous studies. Additionally, active tool motion control, in which Voxel property of removal volume Voxel model is referred, is integrated on the DCM. In this study, transition of tool posture is considered as a diffusion phenomenon, and formulated to determine a tool posture changed gradually from a tool posture at the finish surface for removing material. In the cutting experiment, tool postures for removing material are determined automatically by diffusion equation, and the ability to control tool posture independently against to the tool path generation is verified successfully.