Non-redundant tool trajectory generation for surface finish machining based on geodesic curvature matching

摘要

The increasing complexity of surface has put forward higher demands for CNC machining trajectory generation. The constant scallop height method has the disadvantage of point redundancy during trajectory discretization. Therefore, a non-redundant tool trajectory generation method for surface finish machining is put forward. The cutting row spacing is determined by the geodesic curvature according to scallop height and the convexity or concavity of the local surfaces. The adjacent cutter contact (CC) points with constant scallop height are expressed point by point from the present CC point. The redundant points are removed by maximizing each cutting step length through making the chord error equal to the machining allowable error. The dual NURBS ruled surface is constructed to realize smooth transition of the tool trajectories and tool axis vector. The prototype system taking ACIS R13 and HOOPS V11.0 as modeling kernel has been developed to verify the proposed method. The experiment results proved that the proposed method can realize non-redundant tool trajectory considering tool interference during surface finish machining.