Abstract
Multi-tasking machine tools are powerful to manufacture complicated workpiece with high productivity. However, NC data generation for Multi-tasking machine tools is very difficult when using such machine tools. There are some CAM systems for Multi-tasking machine tools, 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, sort them in machining order and generate NC data, based on 3-D CAD data of workpieces.
