Manufacturing of screw rotors via 5-axis double-flank CNC machining

We investigate a recently introduced methodology for 5-axis flank computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining, called double-flank milling [1]. We show that screw rotors are well suited for this manufacturing approach where the milling tool possesses tangential contact with the material block on...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Bizzarri, M., Barton, M.
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Repository:BIRD. BCAM's Institutional Repository Data
OAI Identifier:oai:bird.bcamath.org:20.500.11824/1190
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/1190
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:5-axis CNC machining
double-flank milling
custom-shaped tool
screw rotor
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Summary:We investigate a recently introduced methodology for 5-axis flank computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining, called double-flank milling [1]. We show that screw rotors are well suited for this manufacturing approach where the milling tool possesses tangential contact with the material block on two sides, yielding a more efficient variant of traditional flank milling. While the tool's motion is determined as a helical motion, the shape of the tool and its orientation with respect to the helical axis are unknowns in our optimization-based approach. We demonstrate our approach on several rotor benchmark examples where the pairs of envelopes of a custom-shaped tool meet high machining accuracy.