Adaptive toolpath setup to reduce machining time when milling complex shape parts
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21220%2F25%3A00384225" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21220/25:00384225 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16038-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16038-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16038-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00170-025-16038-0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adaptive toolpath setup to reduce machining time when milling complex shape parts
Original language description
This paper proposes an advanced algorithm to find the best setting of specific toolpath cutting parameters when using a milling tool with the circular cutting edge (e.g., ball-end, toroidal mills) to achieve the lowest possible milling time while obtaining the required scallop value for 3 + 2 axis milling operations. The proposed algorithm can effectively check the range of input parameters that has been set and determine the cutting angle and tool orientation to the machined surface in a combination resulting in the lowest machining time. As the algorithm is intended to serve as an additional user function for any CAM system, the second phase is used to effectively check the maximum height of the remaining material and adjust the stepover to achieve the desired maximum scallop value, while keeping the toolpath native to the specific CAM system. To verify that the required remaining material height has been obtained, a complex surface is machined as a section of the knee replacement part. Using the machined shape surface as an example, it was verified that the algorithm first found an input parameters setting that saves 11% in milling time compared to the most time-consuming parameter setting variant, and in the second (adaptive) phase, the algorithm further optimized the scallop calculation value to save another 19% in milling time, while the required maximum remaining material height on the workpiece surface was analyzed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20205 - Automation and control systems
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/FW04020096" target="_blank" >FW04020096: Complex system for process automation from configurable product design to technical preparation of production and production itself.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
ISSN
0268-3768
e-ISSN
1433-3015
Volume of the periodical
139
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5-6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
2977-2995
UT code for WoS article
001528275400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105010628809