Tool path planning is critical to fully realise the producing capabilities of multi-axis machine
tools and improve the precision and efficiency in multi-axis machining. Up to now, more than …

Flank milling is of importance to machining aircraft structural parts, turbines, blades and
several other mechanical parts. It decreases manufacturing time, enhances quality and …

Recently, a large amount of new research related to numerical control (NC) tool path
generation has appeared in the literature. Unfortunately, finding information on a particular …

One situation encountered in industry is that two curves on the machined surface are known,
such as the top and bottom profiles of a blade. The shape of the surface is not known and is …

An optimized positioning procedure for flank milling ruled surfaces with cylindrical cutter is
described in the paper. The tool axis trajectory surface is a ruled surface, which is generated …

The flexible contact and machining with wide strip are two prominent advantages for the
robotic belt grinding system, which can be widely used to improve the surface quality and …

Side milling is a process that enables machining time and thus costs, to be reduced. This
type of machining is particularly well suited to ruled surfaces and all surfaces where one of …

This paper presents a positioning strategy for flank milling ruled surfaces. It is a modification
of a positioning method developed by Bedi et al.[Comput Aided Des 35 (2003) 293]. A …

This paper studies optimization of tool path planning in 5-axis flank milling of ruled surfaces
using advanced Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) methods with machining error as an …

In this paper, optimum positioning of the conical cutter for five-axis flank milling of slender
surfaces is addressed from the perspective of approximating the tool envelope surface to the …