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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2005.29.6.895

Uniform Scallop Height Tool Path Generation Using CL Surface Deformation  

Yang Min-Yang (한국과학기술원 기계공학과)
Kim Su-Jin (한국과학기술원 대학원 기계공학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.29, no.6, 2005 , pp. 895-903 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we present a cutter location (CL) surface deformation approach for constant scallop height tool path generation from triangular mesh. The triangular mesh model of the stereo lithography (STL) format is offset to the CL surface and then deformed in accordance with the deformation vectors, which are computed by the slope and the curvature of the CL surface. In addition, the tool path which is computed by slicing the deformed CL surface is inversely deformed by those same deformation vectors to a tool path with a constant scallop height. The proposed method is implemented, and a tool path generated by the proposed method is tested by simulation and by numerical control (NC) machining. The scallop height was found to be constant over the entire machined surface, demonstrating much better quality than that of mesh slicing, under the same constraints for machining time.
Keywords
Scallop Height; Tool Path; Triangular Mesh; Deformation;
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