Cast blanks with large-scale free form surfaces are very difficult tomanufacture because of significant casting distortions. It is concerned that the development andapplication of a hogging algorithm for preparing the...Cast blanks with large-scale free form surfaces are very difficult tomanufacture because of significant casting distortions. It is concerned that the development andapplication of a hogging algorithm for preparing the blanks for an extended rough cutting. Theprocedure includes three main phases. They are the reconstruction of the free form surface withscattered points based on a special Hermite's interpolation, intersection of curved surfaces todefine the hogging areas, and the tool path planning. The result shows that the algorithm is greatlyvalid in reducing the invalid tool paths so that the work efficiency can be improved remarkably.展开更多
基金This project is supported by Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Laboratory in University, Ministry of Education of China.
文摘Cast blanks with large-scale free form surfaces are very difficult tomanufacture because of significant casting distortions. It is concerned that the development andapplication of a hogging algorithm for preparing the blanks for an extended rough cutting. Theprocedure includes three main phases. They are the reconstruction of the free form surface withscattered points based on a special Hermite's interpolation, intersection of curved surfaces todefine the hogging areas, and the tool path planning. The result shows that the algorithm is greatlyvalid in reducing the invalid tool paths so that the work efficiency can be improved remarkably.