Laser-robots are well-established in the material processing industry. They are used for cutting, welding and marking of work pieces made from diverse materials. In these applications it is important to move the focal spot of the laser beam exactly along the desired machining contour on the work piece. Available laser sources are powerful enough to allow for very high machining velocities, whic...

Modernization of mechanical industry has lead to the increase in demand for hard and tough materials and thus various non traditional methods have been developed in order to machine such hard and tough materials. Wire Electric discharge machine is one of the most commonly used machine which is employed in machining of conductive metals of any hardness or that are difficult or impossible to cut ...

High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) technology comprises new developments to reduce primary process times and lead times significantly by the means of enhanced cutting abilities, adapted tooling and machine concepts combined with integrated examination and optimization of the process chain. The overall objective of High Performance Manufacturing is to increase efficiency and quality of product...

This paper is an endeavour to critically appraise the existing methods used for real-time simulation of machine tool dynamics with the emphasis on modelling and simulation of the dynamic behaviour of CNC machine tool feed drives and mechatronic systems for machine tools. The actual approaches for linking the feed drive models with structural models for CNC machine tools are examined. Also the f...

A virtual machine tool (VMT) is presented in this two-part paper. In Part 1, the analytical foundation for a virtual machining system is developed, which is envisioned as the foundation for a comprehensive simulation environment capable of predicting the outcome of cutting processes. The VMT system undergoes “pseudo-real machining”, before actual cutting with a CNC machine tool takes place, to ...

the applications of electrochemical machining are increasing because of increasing requests of industries for materials with high strengh and high hardness. regular ecm uses a tool with spicified profile shape that is similar to final shape of workpiece. in this reasearch a nozzle that delivers electrolyte to the machining gap is used for machining cylinderical workpieces. by moving the electro...

This paper presents the Optimization of Non-Traditional Machining (NTM) process for the Electrochemical Machining Process by Particle Swarm Optimization Technique. The main aim of the work is to find the optimum values of machining parameters. The NonTraditional or Unconventional Machining Process has proved to be better than conventional machining process to a large extent. Keywords—Convention...

Surface integrity (SI) plays a very important role in functional performance. It is dependent on a large number of machining parameters. The major concern of industry is to know which combination of machining parameters provides the best SI of machined components. Traditionally, surface roughness is considered to be the principal parameter to assess the SI of a machined part. However, residual ...

Purpose: This paper presented a method for generating the toolpaths for the machining of a helical rotor on five-axis machine tool. Design/methodology/approach: The geometry of the helical rotor is designed based on the ruled surfaces. Through the homogeneous coordinate transformation, the cutter location of the flank milling for four-axis machining can be generated. The postprocessor are devel...