This paper investigates the nesting issue and the machining path planning issue for improving the sheet metal machining efficiency. The nesting issue is to maximise sheet metal material utilisation ratio by nesting parts of various shapes into the sheet. The path planning issue is to optimise machining sequence so that the total machining path distance and machining time are minimised. This wor...

Freeform surfaces, also called sculptured surfaces, have been widely used in various engineering applications. Freeform surfaces are primarily manufactured by CNC machining, especially 5-axis CNC machining. Various methodologies and computer tools have been developed in the past to improve efficiency and quality of freeform surface machining. This paper aims at providing a state-of-theart revie...

The titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V is used in many industries including aviation, automobile manufacturing, and medical equipment, because of its low density, extraordinary corrosion resistance and high specific strength. Electrochemical machining (ECM) is a non-traditional machining method that allows applications to all kinds of metallic materials in regardless of their mechanical properties. It is...

Electrochemical machining (ECM) is a nontraditional manufacturing process that can machine difficult-to-cut materials. In ECM, material is removed by controlled electrochemical dissolution of an anodic workpiece in an electrochemical cell. ECM has extensive applications in automotive, petroleum, aerospace, textile, medical, and electronics industries. Improving current efficiency is a challengi...

An ultrasonic vibration has been superposed on the normal electrode movement to increase the flushing effect during a micro electro-discharge machining (EDM) process. A systematic study on the effects of ultrasonic vibration on the EDM performance for fabricating microholes in Nitinol has been completed. The introduction of ultrasonic vibration to the microEDM process has more than 60 times inc...

It is very important to improve machining efficiency and ensure manufacture quality through testing NC program of aspherical elements machining with simulation software. For ultra -precision NC machining tool, we analyzed the tool path of ultra-precision grind for aspherical elements, edited a simulation software of the path, got a structural chart of the software, analyzed some important modul...

This paper presents a new programming approach based on a proposed hardware and control architecture for the reconfigurable manufacturing tool machine. A new CAM is described based on virtual machining algorithm that optimizes feedrate scheduling based on geometric simulation and aims to improve the efficiency of cutting process developed using a reconfigurable machine, configured as lathe with...

Optimization of machining processes is of primary importance for increasing machining efficiency and economics. Determining optimal values of machining parameters is performed by applying optimization algorithms to mathematical models of relationships between machining parameters and machining performance measures. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of using empirical models an...