TY - GEN
T1 - Implementation of CAM programming with machinability database
AU - Chung, Chunhui
AU - Ma, Ta Cheng
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. The Grant number is MOST-105-2218-E-011-015. In addition, the authors would like to thank Magnate Technology Co., Ltd. for the support of MetalMax in the tapping tests.
Funding Information:
*Resrach supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. The grant number is 105-2218-E-011-015.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - This study aims to improve the efficiency and accuracy of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) engineers. A CAM assistant program, which includes the tool-path planning, cutting tool database, and cutting chatter modules, was developed using the application programming interface (API) provided by Siemens CAD / CAM software NX. The module of tool-path planning can recognize processing parts to decide suitable operation and corresponding processing strategy for the part, which is essential to generate the cutting tool-path. The module of cutting tool database is connected to a MySQL database, in which the suitable cutting parameters of each cutting tool for different materials are saved. The parameters are obtained from the cutting tool manufacturers or the users who conducted abundant machinability tests. The module of cutting tool database can help CAM engineers to extract the correct cutting parameters from the cutting tool database. In addition, the module of cutting chatter includes the stability lobe diagrams, which can be used to determine the cutting stability of the machining parameters. The stable area shown in the stability lobe diagram is the range of cutting parameters which would not introduce chatter. It can be used to compare with the original designed machining parameters and adjust the parameters into stable range. With the developed modules in this study, it is expected to reduce the time to design NC programs and to improve the reasonability of the cutting strategy. Furthermore, the productivity will be increased.
AB - This study aims to improve the efficiency and accuracy of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) engineers. A CAM assistant program, which includes the tool-path planning, cutting tool database, and cutting chatter modules, was developed using the application programming interface (API) provided by Siemens CAD / CAM software NX. The module of tool-path planning can recognize processing parts to decide suitable operation and corresponding processing strategy for the part, which is essential to generate the cutting tool-path. The module of cutting tool database is connected to a MySQL database, in which the suitable cutting parameters of each cutting tool for different materials are saved. The parameters are obtained from the cutting tool manufacturers or the users who conducted abundant machinability tests. The module of cutting tool database can help CAM engineers to extract the correct cutting parameters from the cutting tool database. In addition, the module of cutting chatter includes the stability lobe diagrams, which can be used to determine the cutting stability of the machining parameters. The stable area shown in the stability lobe diagram is the range of cutting parameters which would not introduce chatter. It can be used to compare with the original designed machining parameters and adjust the parameters into stable range. With the developed modules in this study, it is expected to reduce the time to design NC programs and to improve the reasonability of the cutting strategy. Furthermore, the productivity will be increased.
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U2 - 10.1109/SII.2017.8279218
DO - 10.1109/SII.2017.8279218
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050870640
T3 - SII 2017 - 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration
SP - 236
EP - 240
BT - SII 2017 - 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2017
Y2 - 11 December 2017 through 14 December 2017
ER -