Accurate vibration-free robotic milling electric discharge machining

Autor: Sergio Almeida, John Mo, Cees Bil, Songlin Ding
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 122:343-363
ISSN: 1433-3015
0268-3768
Popis: Traditional computer numeric control (CNC) machines have high accuracy but are limited by workpiece size and axes. Therefore, many researchers attempted to equip six-axis industrial robots (IRs) with milling end-effectors to explore the robot’s large and flexible working envelope. However, IRs lack stiffness and have limited force, resulting in low accuracy, poor surface roughness (SR), and low material removal rate (MRR). On the contrary, electric discharge machining (EDM) is a non-conventional process capable of shaping complex profiles in any conductive material. Since the EDM process has no physical contact between the electrode and the workpiece, it can machine diverse hard-to-cut materials accurately and free of vibration. However, to this day, EDM is found in limited conditions of CNC machines only. Thus, this research investigates a synergistic combination of IR and milling EDM. Adopting advanced CAM tools and offline programming, it examines pre-designed electrodes working analogue to conventional milling to perform the desired machining by intricate cutting paths. The results deliver a robotic machining technique able to cut hard materials using small industrial robots yet free of vibration and not pose dependent.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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