The Research of Cutter-Location Optimization for Flank Milling Blades of Undevelopable Ruled Surfaces with Toroidal-End Cutter
To improve the efficiency and precision of five-axis numerical control machining for undevelopable ruled surfaces,a cutter-location optimization algorithm was proposed for flank milling of blades with a toroidal-end cutter. Firstly, it is established initial cutter-location of toroidal-end cutter by optimizing algorithm of three-point offset based on geometry features of toroidal-end cutter, and optimized cutter vector by introducing scaling factors. A new method which was based on dynamic sliding index calculating optimal cutter orientation vector was proposed. The method which applied deviation measurement algorithm computed overcut or undercut values of programming error in different scaling factors state. Finally, through the instance of machining verified the rationality of the method, and effectively reduces programming error.