• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.83-90
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• 2004

This paper proposes a tool path generation method for machining impellers with 5-axis machining center. The shape of impeller is complex, being composed of pressure surface, suction surface and leading edge, and so on. The compound surface which is made of ruled surface such as pressure surface and suction surface and leading edge such as fillet surface, makes the tool path generation much complicated. To achieve efficient roughing, cutting area is divided into two region and then tool radius of maximum size that do not cause tool intereference is selected for shortening machining time. In finishing, accuracy is improved using side cutting for blade surface and point milling for leading edge.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.7-16
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• 2004

The tool path needs to be determined in an efficient manner to generate the final NC (numerical control) code for efficient machining. This is particularly important in machining free form pockets with an arbitrary wall geometry on a three-axis CNC machine. Many CAD/CAM systems use linear interpolation to generate NC tool paths for curved surfaces. However, this needs to be modified to improve the smoothness of the machined bottom surface, reduce machining time and CL (cutter location) file size. Curved machining can be a solution to reduce these problems. The unified rough and finish cut algerian and the tool motion is graphically simulated. In this paper, a grid based 3D navigation algorithm for generating NC tool path data for both linear interpolation and a combination of linear and circular interpolation for three-axis CNC milling of general pockets with sculptured bottom surfaces is developed.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.223.1-223.1
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.119-126
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• 2000

Recently, according to the various taste of consumers, the design of a product is changed variously and complicatedly. The complicated product is not usually constructed with one path but multi-path. By the way, in machining, higher precision and the reduction of leading and machining time is required. But, for the multi-patch sculptured surface, the amount of machining data becomes large. This means the increase of leading and machining time. In this study, the tool path generation method with reparameterization is proposed for multi-patch sculptured surface and variable step size using NURBS is used to satisfy the precision and to reduce leading and machining time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.207-212
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is the development of CAM system which can cut and measure any shape by machining center and coordinate measuring machine. The overall goal of the CAM system is to achieve the CNC machining, from digitizing through to final cutting. The hardware of the system comprises PC and machining center, CMM. There are three steps in the CNC machining, (1) workpiece measuring on the CMM, (2) geometric modeling by the CAD system, (3) NC commands generation by the tool path compensated for tool nose radius. It is developed a software package, with which can conduct a micro CAM system in the PC without economical burden.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.647-652
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• 2000

Recently, according to the various taste of consumers, the design of a product is changed variously and complicatedly. The complicated product is not usually constructed with one patch but multi-patch. By the way, in machining, higher precision and the reduction of leading and machining time is required. But for the multi-patch sculptured surface, the amount of machining data becomes large. This means the increase of leading and machining time. In this study, the tool path generation method with reparameterization is proposed for multi-patch sculptured surface and variable step size using NURBS is used to satisfy the precision and to reduce leading and machining time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.206-210
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• 2000

금형 및 자동차 산업에 널리 사용되는 앤드밀 가공에서 종종 소비자가 요구하는 가공 정밀도를 충족시켜 주지 못하는 경우가 발생한다. 이것은 열 변형, 공구 마모, 공작 기계 자체의 오차, 공구 처짐 등 다양한 원인이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 공구 처짐으로 발생되는 가공 오차를 줄임으로써 가공 정밀도를 향상하기 위한 시스템을 개발하고자 한다. 이를 위해 3차원 볼 앤드밀의 절삭력 모델을 개발하고 시뮬레이션한다. 또한, 상용 CAD 시스템의 형상 및 가공 정보를 이용함으로써 모델링에서부터 가공 경로 생성, 그리고 경로 보정이라는 과정을 일괄적으로 수행할 수 있도록 한다. 이를 통해 사용자는 가공 전 시뮬레이션을 통해 가공 오차를 줄일 수 있는 기회를 제공 받는다. 따라서, 실제 가공에서 보다 높은 가공 정밀도를 얻을 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.469-473
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• 2003

Milling 가공시 공구와 피삭재의 접합명에서는 절삭가공의 잔유물인 burr가 생성되고, 이러한 Burr는 작업효율과 정밀도를 감소시키며 추처리과정 (Deburring)을 야기시키는 원인이 된다. 그러므로 정밀도와 작업효율을 극대화하기 위해서는 이러한 Burr의 생성원리를 파악함과 동시에 Exit Burr의 여부에 대한 판별을 하여 최적의 가공조건을 맞추어 주어야 하는데, 이러한 경우에 지금까지는 점, 선 및 원으로 피삭재의 형상을 재현하여 공구의 경로와의 Exit 각을 통해 결과를 예측하는 연구를 해왔었다. 본 논문에서 추구하고자 하는 핵심은 이러한 피삭재의 형상을 재현하기 위해 지금까지 사용해왔던 요소를 보다 다양화시키는 방안을 제시하여 프로그램의 적용 범위를 넓히려는 것이다. 예컨대 이제까지 실제 가공에서 사용되고 있는 임의형상에 대한 표현 방식 중에서 대다수 CAD 프로그램에서 곡선 및 곡면을 표현하는 경우, B-Spline Curve의 알고리즘은 패삭재의 불규칙적인 곡면을 가장 근사하게 표현하는 최적의 해결책으로 쓰여지고 있다. 그러므로 이러한 알고리즘을 통해 프로그램의 적용예를 넓히는 것은 보다 다양한 조건에서의 Burr생성에 대한 예측을 가능케 해주는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 앞에서 언급한 바와 같이 B-Spline Curve 알고리즘을 개발하고, 프로그램에 적용하는 일련의 과정을 통해 보다 다양한 형상의 피삭재에서 단일 혹은 복합경로의 공구가 지나갈 경우에 생길 수 있는 Burr를 얼마나 효율적으로 판별할 수 있는지를 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.133-140
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• 2009

Presented in this paper is a method to generate round-endmill toolpaths for sculptured surfaces represented as a triangular mesh model. The proposed method is applicable in toolpath generation for ball-endmills and flat-endmills because the round-endmill is a generalized tool in three-axis NC (numerical control) milling. The method uses a wireframe model as the offset model that represents a cutter location surface. Since wireframe models are relatively simple and fast to calculate, the proposed method can process large models and keep high precision. Intersection points with the wireframe offset model and a tool guide plane are calculated, and intersection curves are constructed by tracing the intersection points. The final step of the method is extracting regular curves from the intersection curves including degenerate and self-intersected segments. The proposed method is implemented and tested, and a practical example is presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.441-442
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• 2012