Singularities in five-axis machining: cause, effect and avoidance
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
External organisations
- University of Bath
Abstract
Singular configurations of five-axis machines have long been observed. Machining near to such singularities drastically affects the behaviour of machine axes movements. Singularities have been linked to the kinematic chain of the machine configuration but not necessarily machine axes movement. The first contribution of this paper is a link between cutter motion in work-piece and machine coordinate systems. This leads to a description for the machine axes movements for a given tool path. Unstable machine axes movements are discovered near singular configurations of the rotary axes. By relating these configurations to orientations in the workpiece coordinate system, a simple approach that avoids singularities by reorienting the workpiece is proposed. Machining tests verify the effectiveness of this approach.
Details
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture |
Early online date | 31 Dec 2016 |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 31 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- Five-axis machine tool , Singularity