Method and program for calculating maximum depth of cut without self-excited vibration of cutting tool

Abstract

There is provided a method for calculating depth of cut without any milling self-excited vibration, in consideration of a machining condition, the rigidity of a machining tool, the machinability of a material, and the like; in the method, an initial value for the machining-surface-perpendicular depth of cut is firstly set, by utilizing as input values the curvature radius of a machining surface, a tool radius, a pick feed, the gradient angle between the machining surface and a rotation axis of the tool, and the number of tool edges; a cutting start angle and a cutting end angle for a cutting edge is obtained, based on the initial value; the machining-surface-perpendicular depth of cut that causes no self-excited vibration is calculated; and the maximum depth of cut that corresponds to the stability limit of a milling self-excited vibration is calculated, by repeating the calculation while modifying the initial value until the difference between the initial value and the calculation result becomes the same as or smaller than a given value. As a result, in gradient-surface milling processing by use of a rotating tool, the stability-limit depth of cut is preliminarily analyzed to the milling self-excited vibration in consideration of a pick feed, the gradient angle of a workpiece, and a machining-surface curvature radius, so that the number of man-hours required for creation and modification of NC data can be reduced.

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