Five-Axis Numerical Control Processing Application and Surface Quality Control of HyperMILL-Based Mobile Phone Mold Cavity
The mold cavity structure of mobile phones is one of the most typical complex surface structures. Specific to this type of product, this paper takes some typical product as an example, to conduct Hyper Mill-based analysis and computation for surface processing quality control problem in numerical control milling on the basis of the analysis of traditional mobile phone cavity processing. The description of five-axis processing and path as well as VERICUT simulation is explained with the final application verification. The result shows that the quality control formula of the processing surface is consistent with the actual situation, and the advantages of five-axis processing technology in the application of such types of products are clarified as well.
Flank milling with flat end milling cutters
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 to be determined by a tool sliding along the generating rails. In this paper, we give a detailed mathematical understanding of flank milling with flat end cutters, which we then use to develop a method for milling with such a cutter. This method slides the cutter along two rails, keeping the cutter tangent to both curves at every parameter value. Examples are given to illustrate the method, along with simulations and error analysis.
Comparison between multi-point and other 5-axis tool positioning strategies
Abstract A method of generating sculptured surfaces at multiple points of contact between the tool and the workpiece was developed and proven viable by the current authors in previous work. They denoted this finish machining method, “Multi Point Machining”, or simply MPM. This paper compares MPM with two other 5-axis tool positioning strategies; namely: the inclined tool, and the principal axis method. It is also compared with 3-axis ball nose machining. Comparisons are conducted using computer simulations and experimental cutting tests. Results obtained show that MPM produced scallop heights that are much smaller than those produced by the other tool positioning strategies.