Design of High Precision CNC Vertical Lathe Turning Tool Holder

A large aspect ratio vibration reducing tool holder based on passive damping vibration reduction technology is designed to solve the vibration problem that occurs in deep hole machining of vertical lathes.A dynamic model of passive damping vibration reduction tool holder was established,and the optimal damping ratio,optimal frequency ratio,and maximum relative amplitude were derived.Modal analysis of the passive damping vibrationreduction tool holder was conducted using software.The results showed that the maximum response amplitude of the passive damping vibration reduction tool holder decreased significantly compared to the original one.

Simulation on dynamic characteristics of TC4 cutting with crack defects

Titanium alloys play an important role in aerospace and other fields.However,after precision forging and cold rolling process,some defects will appear on the subsurface of titanium alloy bars,thus reducing the surface quality and precision of turning process.This study aimed at exploring the effect of crack defects on TC4 cutting.Firstly,the finite element cutting simulation model of TC4 material with crack defects was established in ABAQUS.Then,the cutting parameters such as cutting force,stress concentration,chip morphology,residual stress were obtained by changing the variables such as the size and height of crack defects.Finally,the turning experiment was carried out on centerless lathe.The results show that the cutting force changes abruptly when the defect position is located on the cutting path,the maximal stress occurs at the tip of the defect,and the mutation of stress value is more serious with the increase of defect size;the buckling deformation of chip morphology occurs and becomes less serious with the increase of the distance between the defect position and the workpiece surface;the surface residual stress near the defect is related to the stress when the tool is close to the defect,the larger defect size and the closer to the machined surface,the greater the residual stress.Therefore,under certain processing conditions,the TC4 material should avoid large size defects or increase the distance between defects and the machined surface,so as to obtain better and stable surface quality.

A Reliability Allocation Method of CNC Lathes Based on Copula Failure Correlation Model

The current research of reliability allocation of CNC lathes always treat CNC lathes as independent series systems. However, CNC lathes are complex systems in the actual situation. Failure correlation is rarely considered when reliabil?ity allocation is conducted. In this paper, drawbacks of reliability model based on failure independence assumption are illustrated, after which, reliability model of CNC lathes considering failure correlation of subsystems is established based on Copula theory, which is an improvement of traditional reliability model of series systems. As the failure time of CNC lathes often obeys Weibull or exponential distribution, Gumbel Copula is selected to build correlation model. After that, a reliability allocation method considering failure correlation is analyzed based on the model established before. Reliability goal is set first and then failure rates are allocated to subsystems according to the allocation vector through solving the correlation model. Reliability allocation is conducted for t = 1. A real case of a CNC lathe and a numerical case are presented together to illustrate the advantages of the reliability model established consider?ing failure correlation and the corresponding allocation method. It shows that the model accords to facts and real working condition more, and failure rates allocated to all the subsystems are increased to some extent. This research proposes a reliability allocation method which takes failure correlation among subsystems of CNC lathes into consid?eration, and costs for design and manufacture could be decreased.

Study on the Dynamic Characteristic of Lathe Headstock

In order to provide reliable data for the dynamic design or modification of a tool machine,the dynamic character- istics of the headstock,which is the main component to bear moment,must be obtained precisely.In the paper,the method based on the combination of calculation mode and experiment mode is proposed to analyze the dynamic characteristics of the headstock.The modal parameters and the mode shapes are calculated by ANSYS7.1 software.According to the FEM calculating results,the ex- periment parameters can be selected correctly.The modal parameters of the headstock have to be calculated and identified precisely. On the basis of these modal parameters,the faults of the headstock are shown and its weak points of design are illustrated.A con- clusion is drawn that some reasonable reinforce positions could greatly improve the dynamic characteristics of the system and this ap- proach is proved to be precise and reliable.

Applied research on reliable increase measures of CNC lathes

According to the reliable data of sixteen CNC lathes, each reliable index of the serial CNC lathes is evaluated before tackling and after tackling. According to the failure analysis, reliable improvement measures of the serial CNC lathes are put forward.

Lathe process of AZ91D magnesium alloy chips used in semi-solid thixomolding

Based on the mechanism of chip breaking and the principle of semi-solid thixomolding, the lathe process of AZ91D magnesium alloys chips used in semi-solid thixotropic injection molding process was studied. With three kinds of turning tools, such as 31303C5, 31003C and 31303C, different chips were gotten. And by one tool with different lathe parameters, different chips were gotten. The results show that, under the needed condition of the thixotropic injection molding machine, the ideal chips are gotten and the size of magnesium alloy chips must be about 35mm, and the turning tool is chosen, whose chip breaker groove is narrower and the depth of cutting is more than 3mm as well as the amount of feed is larger than 0.3mm. The deformation occurs on the microstructure of the chips, and the residual stress is important to the later microstructure of semi-solid state in injection molding.

3Ds Max中Lathe建模法及实例应用

3DS MAX是当今最流行的三维动画软件之一,它由Autodesk公司推出的,它广泛应用于广告、影视、工业设计、建筑设计、游戏等领域。Lathe建模法是3DS MAX中比较常用的建模方法,它是使二维图形绕着与图形相关的某个坐标轴旋转,将二维图形转换成三维模型的建模方法。

Study on Automated Assembly Process Planning for the Spindle Box of NC Lathe

This paper introduces a system of computer aided assembly process planning for spindle box of NC lathe. The method of describing assembly information and generating assembly process drawing is presented. The principles of decision for assembly sequence ar

Comprehensive Reliability Allocation Method for CNC Lathes Based on Cubic Transformed Functions of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Reliability allocation of computerized numerical controlled（CNC）lathes is very important in industry.Traditional allocation methods only focus on high-failure rate components rather than moderate failure rate components,which is not applicable in some conditions.Aiming at solving the problem of CNC lathes reliability allocating,a comprehensive reliability allocation method based on cubic transformed functions of failure modes and effects analysis（FMEA）is presented.Firstly,conventional reliability allocation methods are introduced.Then the limitations of direct combination of comprehensive allocation method with the exponential transformed FMEA method are investigated.Subsequently,a cubic transformed function is established in order to overcome these limitations.Properties of the new transformed functions are discussed by considering the failure severity and the failure occurrence.Designers can choose appropriate transform amplitudes according to their requirements.Finally,a CNC lathe and a spindle system are used as an example to verify the new allocation method.Seven criteria are considered to compare the results of the new method with traditional methods.The allocation results indicate that the new method is more flexible than traditional methods.By employing the new cubic transformed function,the method covers a wider range of problems in CNC reliability allocation without losing the advantages of traditional methods.

Program Design of Graphic Realism Displaying System Based on DXF Lathe Turning Rotational Parts

For virtually realizing the graphic realism display of DXF machine parts, in AutoCAD2007 graphic drawing environment, an interactive experimental method was taken to realize the display of graphic in DXF, which was taken as the data-exchanged interface and source. Based on depth analysis of DXF data structure, take one drawing of DXF lathe turning rotational part asthe test piece. By VC＋＋6.0 programming, part＇s geometry information could be obtained. Through data processing, 3D data of the test piece could be generated, which is based on 2D data of DXF test piece. Then, OpenGL graphic processing technologies （light, material, texture, map, et al.） were applied on the 3D display of test piece from DXF files or program modules. Finally based on the test report, results of the system functions were shared to prove the realization of system design, and the feasibility of algorithms used. In the developed software, Machine Designers could get a full view of machine parts, and do some proper modifications. The study content and results of our work have some theory and practical significance on the application of program design in the practical projects.

Development of the 3D-Designed Lathe Fixture of a Float Brake Caliper

According to the technique requests of the brake caliper in the process of production, a special fixture of float brake caliper has been developed based on 3 D design in this paper. The development process and verified data from 3D modeling and kinematics simulation for this special fixture show that this 3D-designed process can conveniently forecast the assembly interference of the fixture and accurately add the mass of lead brick before the prototype is made. In this way the flutter caused by the unbalanced lathe fixture can be eliminated and the precision of run-out tolerance in cylinder hole compared with machine tool spindle can be improved, thus the processing quality of the cylinder hole in a brake caliper can be greatly guaranteed.

Integrated Passive and Active Vibration Control of Ultra precision Lathe

In ultra precision cutting process, vibration is one of the key factors affecting the machining quality. In this paper, the damping methods of HCM I Ultra precision Lathe are discussed in both complete machine and slide. It is pointed out that integrated passive and active vibration control (IPAVC) by combining passive vibration control (PVC) and active vibration control (AVC) can not only eliminate high frequency vibration but also improve the damping effect to low frequency vibration. Experiment results show the effectiveness of the integrated passive and active vibration control.

Importance Analysis on Subsystem of CNC Lathe Based on TOPSIS

An importance analysis model for computer numerical control（CNC）lathe subsystems was proposed.The model was based on technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution（TOPSIS）and considered the structure correlation between subsystems and the complete machine,the fault correlation of each subsystem and so on.The model can obtain a comprehensive sequencing of subsystems based on their importance to the complete machine.It lays a theoretical foundation for reliability allocation.

Reliability evaluation on CNC lathes based on the modified L-M method

Equivalent ways commonly used in engineering works are not effective to estimate the reliability of tandem system based on L-M method. One modified L-M method is an important means to estimate the reliability of CNC lathes. A method of using two named confidence limits for the estimation is put forward. Fitting resuits of the sub-systems of CNC machine tools are estimated. And the scattered level of confidence limits facing the reliability matrix of sub-systems can be clearly seen.

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS ON PRECISION NC LATHE BASED ON MULTI-BODY SYSTEM THEORY

Based on multi-body system theory and the mainshafl system of precision NC lathe as object investigated, it is treated as a coupled rigid-flexible multi-body system which is made up of some rigid and elastic bodies in an especial linking mode. And a dynamic model is established, The problems of computing vibration characteristics are resolved by using multi-body system transfer matrix method, Resutts show that the mainshaft system of NC lathe is in the stable and reliable working area all the time. The method is simple and easy, the idea is clear. In addition, the method can be easily used and popularized in the other multi-body system.

A Novel Training System of Lathe Works on Virtual Operating Platform

In recent years virtual reality technology has been extensively applied to the areas relating to manufacturing, such as factory layout planning, manufacturing planning, operation training, system testing, and process control, etc. Most of the studies made in the past focused on the simulation and monitoring of the entire manufacturing system, or the simulation of working schedule implementation. There was no complete research result on the most basic processing unit of manufacturing system––the operation training for the lathe works. However, these skills of operating methods are the basic skills and particularly emphasized in the practical operation during instruction. As observed from the past experience, after workers had learned the operating process of lathe works, they could achieve very good results in the written examination of the basic knowledge about the operation of different works. However, when they faced the actual operation in front of machine, they were always at a loss. The reason behind this was that when the workers had to face the possible collision and damage during actual operation of machine, since they did not have performed many times of simulated computer rehearsal designed for them to get familiar with the entire operating process, fear and nervous psychology were naturally derived from them. In view of this, the paper uses EON Studio software to integrate virtual reality technology with the application of 3D solid model to simulate a virtual operation of the various operating steps and virtual machining of lathe works during practical operation of lathe machine. The simulation enables users to learn in the simulated environment without scruple. After the accumulation of learning experience, it can be applied in the actual environment to accomplish the mission of operation.

Process Capability Analysis of a Centre Lathe Turning Process

A process capability study is performed for the turning process on a general purpose center lathe in order to verify the process performance and machine ability to perform within specified tolerance limit. The process and machine capability indices were measured to determine the process and machine adequacy for industrial application. The tolerance limits were obtained from the given nominal size of the shaft, using the basic hole system and 90 sample shafts were turned on the lathe machine to specification for varying spindle speed and feed rate of the lathe. Three (3) samples were randomly selected for the turning process of a combination of the spindle speed and feed rate as a subgroup size for a total subgroup of thirty (30). The diameters (representing the quality characteristics) were used to generate control charts and capability histogram for the process. The process is within statistical control but found incapable of meeting up to specification because the capability index (Cp) measured was less than 1 and the machine capability for industrial application is not adequate.

Error Analysis and Its Offset on the NC Lathe Machine in Cutting a Semi-Sphere Surface

This paper analyzed the errors that occurred by leaving the shape of the cutting edge out of consideration on a NC lathe machine in cutting a semi-sphere surface and brought forward a method to offset these errors and the correct calculated formula for some parameters on the basis of experiments. It has increased the manufacturing accuracy of the semi-sphere surface on the NC lathe machine.

Study on 6-DOF active vibration-isolation system of the ultra-precision turning lathe based on GA-BP-PID control for dynamic loads

The vibration disturbance from an external environment affects the machining accuracy of ultra-precision machining equipment.Most active vibration-isolation systems(AVIS)have been developed based on static loads.When a vibration-isolation load changes dynamically during ultra-precision turning lathe machining,the system parameters change,and the efficiency of the active vibration-isolation system based on the traditional control strategy deteriorates.To solve this problem,this paper proposes a vibration-isolation control strategy based on a genetic algorithm-back propagation neural network-PID control(GA-BP-PID),which can automatically adjust the control parameters according to the machining conditions.Vibration-isolation simulations and experiments based on passive vibration isolation,a PID algorithm,and the GA-BP-PID algorithm under dynamic load machining conditions were conducted.The experimental results demonstrated that the active vibration-isolation control strategy designed in this study could effectively attenuate vibration disturbances in the external environment under dynamic load conditions.This design is reasonable and feasible.

MasterCAM在数控车床自动编程中的应用

通过一个例子介绍MasterCAMLathe在数控车床自动编程中的应用。开始绘制零件的轮廓图 ,进入刀具路径 ,进行各种加工设置 ,进行刀具路径模拟或实体切削验证 ,进行后处理 。