A spherical two-circle approach to determining rotation angles for 5-axis NC machines with orthogonal rotation axes

Author

Lin, Alan C. ; Lin, Tzu-Kuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

3

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 May 2012

Firstpage

675

Lastpage

679

Abstract

Since different 5-axis milling machines typically feature unique rotation mechanisms, the solution to generate NC (numerical control) code is traditionally targeted toward a specific mechanism and obtained via a specific method, normally resulting in complex algorithms. In order to solve this problem, this research proposes a spherical two-circle method which enables the development of a generic algorithm for the rotation mechanism of any 5-axis milling machine.

Keywords

angular measurement; genetic algorithms; mechanical engineering computing; milling machines; numerical control; program compilers; rotation; 5-axis NC machines; 5-axis milling machines; complex algorithms; generic algorithm; numerical control code generation; orthogonal rotation axes; rotation angles; rotation mechanisms; spherical two-circle approach; Equations; Kinematics; Machining; Mathematical model; Milling machines; Vectors; 5-axis NC; CAM; NC post processer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Automation Engineering (CSAE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zhangjiajie

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0088-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSAE.2012.6273041

Filename

6273041