Corner smoothing for CNC machining of linear tool path: A review

Guangwen YAN; Desheng ZHANG; Jinting XU; Yuwen SUN

doi:10.51393/j.jamst.2023001

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Guangwen YAN, Desheng ZHANG, Jinting XU, Yuwen SUN. Corner smoothing for CNC machining of linear tool path: A review[J]. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology . doi: 10.51393/j.jamst.2023001

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Guangwen YAN, Desheng ZHANG, Jinting XU, Yuwen SUN. Corner smoothing for CNC machining of linear tool path: A review[J]. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology . doi: 10.51393/j.jamst.2023001

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Corner smoothing for CNC machining of linear tool path: A review

doi: 10.51393/j.jamst.2023001

a School of Automotive Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
b School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

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This study was partially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (Grant No. 2020YFA0713702), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51975097), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. DUT21ZD206).

Received Date: 2022-10-14
Rev Recd Date: 2022-11-03

Available Online: 2023-01-07

Abstract

Abstract

Computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools are widely used in various industrial fields ranging from aerospace, automotive, ship building, and the die/mould to manufacture products. However, tool paths of most CNC machine tools are composed of a series of linear motion commands (G01), which will inevitably cause the discontinuity in curvature and feedrate at the junctions between adjacent linear tool path segments, deteriorating the surface quality with unfavorable marks and decreasing the machining efficiency. To solve this problem for obtaining the steady and continuous motions of machine tools, the local corners have to be smoothed. Generally, the existing corner smoothing methods can be classified as the global smoothing and the local corner smoothing, where the specially designed transition curves or the directly planned motion of machine tools are adopted to generate the geometrically corner-free tool path. Moreover, some new methods that focus on developing different transition or rounding strategies are also developed for further improving the kinematics performance of machine tools. In this paper, the recent advances and researches on corner smoothing methods are reviewed from different categories, and the conclusions, remaining challenges and future directions in corner smoothing are also presented.
- CNC machining,
- Robot machining,
- Linear tool path,
- Global smoothing,
- Local smoothing,
- Corner rounding

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