Abstract: Flank milling is one of the most important technologies for machining of complex surfaces. A small change of the tool orientation in the part coordinate system (PCS) may produce a great rotation of the rotary axes of the ...

Abstract: The tool orientation of a flat-end cutter, determined by the lead and tilt angles of the cutter, can be optimized to increase the machining strip width. However, few studies focus on the effects of tool orientation on the ...

Abstract: Ball-end milling is widely used in five-axis high-speed machining. The abrupt change of tool orientations or rotary axes movements will scrap the workpiece. This research presents a smoothing method of rotary axes movements ...