Tool path preparing method and machining method
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- STAR MICRONICS
- Publication Date
- 2002-02-28
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a tool path preparing method for preparing a tool path to simultaneously conduct a roughing and finishing operations, and to a machining method employing the tool path preparing method.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art JP-A-63-200943 discloses a tool path preparing method and a machining method employing the tool path preparing method, for example. According to JP-A-63-200943, controlling a position of a finishing tool automatically controls another tool to operate simultaneously at a rough-cut position having a smaller depth of cut by an arbitrarily given finishing allowance. In other words, only the position of the tip of the finishing tool is programmed, and the roughing tool is automatically controlled at a rough cut position leaving only the finishing allowance.
[0004] However, there are the following problems in the tool path preparing method and machining method as disclosed in JP-A-63-200943.
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