1015 results about "End milling" patented technology

An indexable end-milling insert including an underside, an upperside and a plurality of cutting edges that are formed between the upperside and a number of clearance sides and that include a chip-removing main edge as well as a surface-wiping wiper edge. The cutting insert has a square basic shape and includes four main edges and four wiper edges that are countersunk to a lower level than the main edges. The wiper edge is included in a lip projecting in relation to a secondary clearance surface and has a tertiary clearance surface, which laterally transforms into a primary clearance surface. The primary clearance surface has a width that decreases from the two opposite ends thereof toward a section having a smallest width therebetween.

An end mill including a cylindrical body having (a) flutes each formed in the cylindrical body and each extending from an axially distal end of the cylindrical body toward an axially proximal end of the cylindrical body, (b) peripheral cutting edges each provided by one of widthwise opposite edges of a corresponding one of the flutes, and (c) end cutting edges each located at the axially distal end of the cylindrical body and contiguous to a corresponding one of the peripheral cutting edges. The end cutting edges include first and second end cutting edges, while the peripheral cutting edges include first and second peripheral cutting edges which are contiguous to the first and second end cutting edges, respectively. A first axial rake angle of the first end cutting edge is smaller than a second axial rake angle of the second end cutting edge, while a first radial rake angle of the first peripheral cutting edge is larger than a second radial rake angle of the second peripheral cutting edge.

The invention discloses a method of cutting force prediction and temperature prediction for end-milling cutting, the method development of the cutting force prediction is based on a milling forces prediction model of average cutting forces and a milling forces prediction model of bevel angle cutting mechanism and is characterized by performing regression calculating on the two model parameters, predicting transient cutting force, performing comparative analysis with test data, and verifying established single-tooth and multi-teeth cutting force models; the method of cutting force temperature prediction establishes a temperature field solution model of a limited long-line heat source of space optional positions and a temperature field solution model of a limited long-rotation movement line heat source of space optional positions; by means of a limited element simulation method, an embedding semi-artificial thermocouple method is put forward, and by carrying out high speed end-milling cutting temperature field distribution measurement, verification and error analysis are performed on a limited element simulation result and a theoretical calculation result. The method of the cutting force prediction and the temperature prediction of the end-milling cutting has the advantages that the method is simple, operation is easy, reference foundation is provided for end-milling cutting technology, and the method is more beneficial to production.

The invention discloses a method for generating interference-free flat-end milling cutter process path along the ridge direction of transitional surfaces. The method comprises the following steps: (1) initial machining tool path is set, a tool is processing along the ridges of transitional surfaces, a current tool contact is calculated to obtain effective curvature of the machining tool at the tool contact; (2) curvature interference analysis of transitional surface machining is carried out according to the effective curvature of the machining tool at the tool contact, tool bottom interference is analyzed, and the angle of the tool is deflected at the tool contact to obtain interference-free tool posture; (3) parameter calculation is carried out on the adjusted tool path so as to obtain step-length and cut row distance; and (4) adjacent tool path lines are calculated, including calculation of adjacent tool contacts and calculation of tool location data, and interference-free tool path is finally obtained. By the method, automatic planning of interference-free tool path can be realized; large cut row distance is obtained; cutting efficiency is high; machining surface roughness is low; surface fairness is good; and problems of low cutting efficiency, poor machining surface quality and the like by machining of a ball-end milling cutter are solved.

A combination end milling / drilling / reaming cutting tool includes an end milling portion, a drilling portion, and a reaming portion. The cutting tool also includes a neck portion between the end milling portion and the drilling portion, and a clearance neck portion between a shank and the reaming portion. A method of machining a workpiece using the combination end milling / drilling / reaming cutting tool is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a precision numerical control milling method for thin-wall parts, and provides a processing method for reducing the milling deformation of the thin-wall parts and improving processing precision and surface quality. When a thin-wall part is finished by fine processing through end milling, the machining allowances of the side wall and a web plate are larger than those of the prior process, and are between 2 and 5mm respectively; when the side wall is processed, the axial depth ap is between 0.2 and 0.8mm, and the radial cutting width is 60 to 80 percent of the diameter of a cutting tool; and when the web plate is processed, the axial depth ap is between 2 and 5mm, and the radial cutting width ae is 10 to 20 percent of the diameter of the cutting tool. The processing method effectively slows down the reduction of the self-rigidity of workpieces and control the cutting force in the thin-wall direction when the processing efficiency is ensured, thereby effectively reducing and controlling the processing deformation of the thin-wall parts, and ensuring the processing precision and surface quality of the parts.

A center or non-center cutting end mill for orbital drilling of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) materials includes a shank, a neck, a cutting head and two or more flutes. The end mill has a tool geometry with the following features: a dish angle between about 2 degrees to about 6 degrees; a helix angle between about 5 degrees to about 18 degrees; an end teeth radial rake angle between about 0 degrees and about 15 degrees; a peripheral teeth radial rake angle between about 8 degrees and about 16 degrees; a gashing axial rake angle between about 3 degrees to about 10 degrees; and a primary clearance angle between about 10 degrees to about 18 degrees. The end mill is made from a tungsten carbide substrate with cemented cobalt in a range between about 3 to 10 wt. % and a diamond coating having a thickness in a range between about 8 to 20 μm.

A milling method is provided for the manufacture of components composed of difficult-to-cut materials for turbomachines, aircraft and spacecraft by producing recesses with one or more side walls. An end milling cutter which cuts at the circumference and at the tip and has a tip contour which is rounded towards the circumference is used as the rotating milling tool. In addition to rotation about its axis, the milling tool performs an eccentric orbiting motion about an orbital axis spaced apart from its axis. The opposite senses of rotation lead to downcut milling, and the orbital axis performs a translational advance motion on a straight and / or curved path transversely to its longitudinal direction, with or without a swivelling motion.

The invention belongs to the technical field of numerical control processing and manufacturing, in particular to a cutter shaft interpolation algorithm which can be used for carrying out peripheral milling on a five-axis linkage numerically-controlled machine tool, and effectively controlling a cutter shaft vector in an inclined plane, thus eliminating non-linear error caused by adopting the traditional linear interpolation of a rotating shaft angle. In the algorithm, a new coordinate system is constructed according to the definition and property of the vector; circular interpolation is carried out on the plane at the new coordinate system, so as to obtain a new cutter shaft vector; the new cutter shaft vector is transformed into the cutter shaft vector at the coordinate system of the machine tool; the condition that the cutter point can move along a programming track can be controlled, and the cutter shaft vector is kept on the same plane all the time through the algorithm, and by combining compensation of a (rotation tool center point) RTCP; the algorithm is provided for eliminating the non-linear error in inclined plane processing by peripheral milling, and also can be applied in the peripheral milling of a free-formed surface; and additionally, the algorithm contributes to optimize end-milling processing; thus on one hand, the fluctuation of the cutter point can be prevented, and the processing precision can be improved; and on the other hand, the condition that the cutter can not deviate the effective cutting edge of the cutter is ensured, and abnormal wear and tear of the cutter is reduced, thus the surface quality of a workpiece can be improved.

An end mill for machining titanium includes a cutting portion having blunt cutting edges alternated with flutes. Each flute includes, in order from the cutting edge, a rake surface, a concavely shaped bending portion, a convexly shaped ejecting portion and a tooth relief edge. The convexly shaped ejecting portion has an ejection height E, which is measurable between an apex of the ejecting portion to an imaginary straight line extending from a nadir of the adjacent bending portion of the flute to the adjacent tooth relief edge. In a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the end mill, the ejection height E and a cutting portion diameter DE, fulfill the condition 0.010DE<E<0.031DE.

A one-piece toroidal end mill having an axis of rotation is provided. The end mill includes a shank section and a fluted section. The shank section extends along the axis of rotation. The fluted section extends along the axis of rotation, and has a first end, an outer surface, and a plurality of teeth. The first end is integrally attached to the shank section. Each of the plurality of teeth has a cutting surface and a shoulder surface. The cutting surface includes a cutting edge. The shoulder surfaces intersect with one another to form a center void disposed between the cutting surfaces.

A method and apparatus for the removal of a broken stud from a cylinder head, and rehabilitation thereof, includes a precise alignment block for attachment to at least two intact studs or stud bores of a cylinder head for alignment of a pilot port over the broken stud. Further holes in the block along the length of the block match a stud pattern of a cylinder head of pre-determined stud spacing. The apparatus comprises a series of replaceable steady pilots and corresponding rotary tools in pairs, including an end mill and cooperating milling pilot for flat or concave milling of the end of the broken stud; a drill bit and cooperating drilling pilot for drilling the end of the broken stud; and a tap and cooperating threaded tapping pilot to form new threads in the cylinder head for accepting a new replacement stud. Optionally, a threaded coil insert can be used in the newly prepared stud bore, having outer threads matching the new threads and having inner threads matching a replacement stud.

Provided is a long life carbide end mill which can perform stable cutting in high-efficiency machining such as die machining and parts machining. A cutting method using such an end mill is also provided. When a certain wavy or nicked peripheral cutting edge is considered a reference peripheral cutting edge with reference phases in a pitch of the reference peripheral cutting edge, wherein the distance of each reference phase is an amount corresponding to a value obtained by dividing the pitch of the nicks or waveform of each peripheral cutting edge by the number of the cutting edges; and the phase of at least one of the remaining peripheral cutting edges is deviated in the direction of the tool axis from the corresponding reference phase by an amount corresponding to 5% or less (excluding 0%) of the pitch.

The invention relates to a geometry and mechanics integrated optimization information processing method of an interference-free tool path on a complex curved surface. The method comprises the following steps: 1) carrying out discrete process on a ball-end milling cutter to generate a depth element model, wherein the model comprises a discrete cuboid element set including the depth information; 2) carrying out sampling process on a two-dimensional image of a tool and a machine tool environment, judging the interference situation between the tool and the machine tool environment by using the depth information, correcting the position of the tool if the interference exists, judging whether the tool and a workpiece is crossed, if yes, executing a step 3), and if not, continually executing the step 2); 3) analyzing a touch region of the tool and the workpiece by using the depth element model, and calculating an instant cutting force of the ball-end milling cutter; and 4) based on multi-constrained cutting conditions, optimizing the process feeding speed of the complex curved surface by adopting a sequential quadratic programming method. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention has the advantages of being high in computational efficiency, simple in programming and applicable to multi-shaft numerical control processing tool path verification and parameter optimization and the like.

An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, the apparatus includes: a lens chuck shaft that holds and rotates the lens; an end mill that processes the periphery of the lens; an end mill tilting unit that varies a tilt of the end mill with respect to the lens chuck shaft; an end mill moving unit that relatively moves the end mill with respect to the lens held by the lens chuck shaft; a target lens shape input unit that inputs an target lens shape; a lens measuring unit that detects a position of a processing edge of the lens based on the input target lens shape; a memory that stores a beveling shape including a beveling tilt angle on a front surface side of the lens and a beveling tilt angle on a rear surface side of the lens; and a control unit that controls the end mill tilting unit and the end mill moving unit to perform a roughing process on the lens using the end mill based on the input target lens shape and to perform a beveling process on the roughing-processed lens using the end mill based on the detected position of the processing edge and the stored beveling shape.

The invention discloses a construction method of an aluminium alloy material end milling-cutting force and cutting processing deformation model. According to the construction method, a milling-cutting force prediction model on the basis of an average cutting force is established; a milling-cutting force prediction model on the basis of an inclined cutting mechanism is established; on the basis of the established milling-cutting force prediction model on the basis of the average cutting force and the established milling-cutting force prediction model on the basis of the inclined cutting mechanism, single-tooth and multi-tooth transient milling-cutting force predictions are respectively carried out and obtained data is compared with testing data; an aluminum alloy material milling-cutting processing deformation model is established; on the basis of a real number encoded adaptive genetic algorithm, a flatness error of an end milled surface is predicted; the construction method has the important research significance for researching the processing deformation mechanism.

The invention belongs to the numerical control process technology and relates to an improvement to the numerical control milling process method of the thin-walled part die cavity. The method comprises the following steps: installing and clamping an thin-walled part, selecting a mechanical clamped cutter and an end milling cutter, measuring parameter, selecting a programming origin and cutting parameters, determining the cutter position of the mechanical clamped cutter, measuring the length difference of the end milling cutter and the mechanical clamped cutter, roughing a insert bit mechanically-clamped numerical control milling cutter, finishing a high-speed steel end milling cutter, etc. The invention is characterized in that the cutting parameters are as follows: the cutting depth of the mechanical clamped cutter is 0.4-0.6mm, the cutting depth of the end milling cutter is equal to the depth of the thin-walled part die cavity; the cutting speed of the mechanical clamped cutter is 1500-2500rpm, the cutting speed of the end milling cutter is 400-600rpm; and the feeding amount of the mechanical clamped cutter is 700-1200mm / min, and the feeding amount of the end milling cutter is 300-500mm / min. The numerical control milling process method of the invention has high working efficiency, and can ensure the working size precision of the thin-walled part, obtain lower surface roughness, eliminate size distortion of the part and increase the product quality.

The invention discloses a machining process of an axial-flow type turbine blade. The machining process of the axial-flow type turbine blade comprises the following steps that two side faces are machined on a square blank stock through an end face end mill on an ordinary milling machine through two process of rough milling and finish milling, another two side faces are machined with the two machined side faces as base planes, and then the two end faces are machined through the end face end mill; a steam outlet side face is machined on one side face through two process of rough milling and finish milling, the position, close to the steam outlet side face, of the blade root end face is marked as C, a face which forms an acute angle with the steam outlet side face and is adjacent to the steam outlet side face is marked as N and is the inner radial surface, and the other three side faces are machined to be a parallelogram through rough milling and finish milling; central holes are drilled in the blade root end face and the blade crown end face; the blade type is roughly milled through the end face end mill, the blade root is roughly milled, and finally the blade crown is roughly milled; then the blade is installed on a five-axis numerical control machining center for alignment and is machined in a finish mode; a process head at the blade root end face is roughly sawn through a sawing machine; the turbine blade is detected according to the requirements of a drawing.

An indexable end-milling insert of the following type includes an underside (14), an upperside (13) and a plurality of cutting edges that are formed between the upperside and a number of clearance sides and that include a chip-removing main edge (18) as well as a surface-wiping wiper edge (19). The cutting insert has a square basic shape and includes four main edges (18) and four wiper edges (19) that are countersunk to a lower level than the main edges. The wiper edge (19) is included in a lip (31) projecting in relation to a secondary clearance surface (26) and has a tertiary clearance surface (32), which laterally transforms into a primary clearance surface (22). The primary clearance surface (22) has a width that decreases from the two opposite ends (38, 39) thereof toward a section(40) having a smallest width therebetween.

End mills are disclosed which may be made monolithically of ceramic or other materials. The cutting portions of the end mills have lengths of cut that are no more than twice their cutting diameters and cores which are at least 0.7 times their cutting diameters. Their axial blades have cutting edges with negative radial rake and are separated by helical flutes. Their cutting ends have negative axial rake and are gashed ahead of center and have radial cutting edges with negative rake. Such end mills also have radiused corners and gashes transitioning from radial to axial at a flute. Methods of milling materials using such ceramic end mills are also disclosed.

The present invention discloses an end milling cutter for processing nonferrous metal, comprising a cutting part and a handle part, wherein the whole cutting part is provided with a plurality of peripheral cutting edges spirally extending from a bottom end to the handle part; a spiral chip removal slot is disposed between two adjacent peripheral cutting edges; in the radial plane of the cutting part, two included angles formed by a connecting line from each peripheral cutting edge to a rotation centre of the end milling cutter and a connecting line from two adjacent peripheral cutting edges to the rotation centre of the end milling cutter are not dimensionally identical; the difference of the two included angles is [alpha], wherein the absolute value of [alpha] is greater than 0 degree but less than or equal to 30 degrees. The end milling cutter for processing nonferrous metal has the advantages that the structure is simple, resonances generated during cutting process can be avoided, the resonance trend during the cutting is reduced, and the surface quality of processed workpieces is improved.

The invention discloses an optimization method for a multi-coordinates end milling processing cutter spacing which adopts a meridian division cutter. Firstly, the working face of a cutter is dispersed into a set of enough dense meridians, and then the minimum distance among the meridians and a designed curved face so as to get a set of minimum-distance line segments; secondly, the points on the minimum-distance line segment at the cutter working face are connected together to form a curve in space, namely, a typical line; the typical line arranged in a programming tolerance range is regarded as an effective typical segment; with the distance between two endpoints of the effective typical segment, the surface projection vertical to the feed direction of the cutter is used as processing line width; the maximum of the processing line width is regarded as the object function of cutter spacing optimization; the non-negative distance between all meridians and the designed curved face is regarded as one of constraint conditions; a mathematic model of the cutter spacing optimization is constructed and is combined with a cutter rail for fair and smooth processing, getting the optimization cutter spacing through a solution procedure. The optimization method can be used for effectively avoiding interference and control the mismachining tolerance and improving the working efficiency.

The invention discloses a method for processing key grooves of a shaft, which comprises the following steps that: two V-shaped iron blocks are fixed on a worktable of the common milling machine; a workpiece shaft to be processed is put into V-shaped grooves of the two V-shaped iron blocks; a connecting disc is arranged on one end face of the workpiece shaft to be processed, and an alignment block is fixed with the connecting disc, so that two alignment surfaces of the alignment block are vertical or parallel to the radius direction of the key grooves to be processed; the workpiece shaft and the alignment block are aligned, and the workpiece shaft and the two V-shaped iron blocks are pressed on the worktable by pressing plate bolts and pressing plates; and the key grooves on the same bus are processed by an end milling cutter in rough and fine modes, a workpiece is rotated 90 or 180 degrees, and the processes are repeated so as to process the key grooves on a plurality of buses of the workpiece shaft. By the method, the form and position tolerance of a product is ensured, a few parts are used, the structure is simple, and the workpiece is conveniently, quickly, safely and reliably clamped.

An end mill having a plurality of teeth configured for both roughing and semi-finishing applications, the teeth being alternated with a plurality of flutes. At least one tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth is a serrated tooth formed with serrations along a relief surface thereof and at least one other tooth is free of serrations. Each tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes an actual internal cutting angle formed at an intersection of a rake cutting sub-surface and a relief surface. The actual internal cutting angle of each tooth has a greater value than an imaginary internal cutting angle formed at an intersection of imaginary extension lines of a rake recessed sub-surface and a relief surface of the same tooth.

An end mill body rotatable around an axis; peripheral cutting edges formed at a periphery of the end mill body located close to a distal end thereof; bottom cutting edges formed at a distal end of the end mill body; and corner cutting edges formed between the peripheral cutting edge and the bottom cutting edge. The corner cutting edges are formed to curve inwardly in a radial direction of the end mill body as they approach the distal end of the end mill body from the terminal end thereof and curve toward the terminal end of the end mill body after reaching the distal end of the end mill body. The bottom cutting edges are formed to communicate with the corner cutting edges and are close to the terminal end of the end mill body as the bottom cutting edge approaches inwardly in the radial direction. A value of a rake angle α of the corner cutting edge with respect to the axis −10°≦α≧10°. A rake surface of the corner cutting edge and a rake surface of the bottom cutting edge each are formed like a plane, and the rake surface of the corner cutting edge is formed to be flush with the rake surface of the bottom cutting edge. When an external diameter of the end mill body is D, a value of a curvature radius R of the corner cutting edge is greater than or equal to 0.1×D and is less than or equal to 0.3×D.

The invention relates to an analyzing and modelling method of milling force of a flat spiral end milling cutter. According to the method, workpiece material characteristics, cutter geometry, cutting conditions and milling modes serve as model input parameters, consideration is given to the influence on the cutting force by a cutter cutting edge radius, a variable sliding friction coefficient and cutter bounce, shear flow stress is calculated through a Johnson-Cook constitutive model in a model, each cutting edge of the milling cutter is scattered into multiple microelements in the cutter axis direction, the cutting characteristic of each microelement is equivalent to an inclined cutting process, cutting force exerted on each cutting microelement is obtained through an analytical model of inclined cutting force, then cutting force of all the cutting microelement is superposed, and a milling force value of the milling cutter is obtained. According to the analyzing and modelling method of the milling force of the flat spiral end milling cutter, cutting mechanism, relevant stress, strain and a strain rate in the cutting process and the distribution situation of the temperature can be reflected truly, the milling force can be quickly predicted only by inputting the cutting conditions and workpiece characteristic parameters, and the method is high in accuracy and rapidity.

The invention discloses a method for predicting and simulating errors of an end-milled surface. The method includes the steps that various influence factors causing the machining deformation errors in the end-milling cutting process are analyzed, and a machined-surface single-factor and multi-factor error vector model and an error accumulation vector relation model are built in cooperation with end-milling characteristics; by virtue of a calculation and simulated analysis method, based on a solving method for the machined-surface flatness errors, according to a least regional method, the flatness errors are calculated with a self-adaptation genetic algorithm based on real number encoding, verification is carried out through living example calculation, and contrastive analysis is carried out on the errors and errors of a traditional genetic algorithm. The method is simple and convenient to operate, and the problems that heat stress is caused by cutting heat, residual stress is caused by unloading and loading loads, strict quantitative or logical relationships do not exist between the heat stress and the residual stress, and great difficulty is brought to analysis of the machined surface errors are well solved.

It is an object of the present invention to effectively suppress the occurrence of burrs in machining of a fiber-reinforced composite material, etc., using an end mill. An end mill includes first cutting edges 4 which spiral in a direction defining a positive helix angle and second cutting edges 5 which spiral in a direction defining a negative helix angle, the first cutting edges 4 and the second cutting edges 5 being disposed at positions shifted in a circumferential direction. The first cutting edges 4 and the second cutting edges 5 are each configured to be continuous over an effective cutting edge length, and at a tool top, a phase angle P1 between one of the first cutting edges 4 and its adjacent second cutting edge 5 located toward the back in a tool rotation direction is set to be different from a phase angle P2 between the second cutting edge 5 and its adjacent first cutting edge 4 located toward the back in the tool rotation direction.

The invention provides a taper and ball-end milling cutter. The milling cutter comprises a head part, a neck part connected with the head part, and a handle part connected with the neck part, wherein the head part is provided with a chip removal slot, an entity part used for forming the chip removal slot, and a cutting edge formed at an intersection line between the chip removal slot and the entity part, wherein the cutting edge is provided with a front cutter face and a rear cutter face, the front cutter surface and the rear cutter surface are contacted and form a front angle, and the rear cutter face of the cutting edge and a machining piece are contacted and form two rear angles, including the first rear angle and the second rear angle respectively. According to the taper and ball-end cutter provided by the invention, the front angle and the rear angles are reasonably designed, so that the rigidity of the milling cutter is guaranteed, the sharp degree of the milling cutter is guaranteed at the same time, and the probability of burr generation in a milling process is effectively reduced; the taper and ball-end milling cutter has a long service life and can keep good surface roughness when machining an aluminum alloy pressure wheel.

A method of manufacturing a golf club head with a variable thickness face having a central thickened region surrounded by a transition region tapering from the central thickened region to a thinner peripheral region. The method includes locating a ball end mill revolving about an axis generally normal to the inner surface of the face plate at an initial location on a circumferential intersection between the outer edge of the central thickened region and a transition region. The inner surface of the face plate is machined by moving the revolving ball end mill in a radial direction outwardly toward and through the transition region and the peripheral region to machine the inner surface of the face plate creating a tool channel having a width as the ball end mill traverses the transition region and thereby vary the thickness of the face plate in the tool path. The ball end mill is then raised in a direction normal to the surface of the face plate and relocated to a subsequent location on the circumferential intersection adjacent to the previous tool channel. The steps of machining, raising and relocating the ball end mill are repeated until the end mill has traversed the entire circumference of the circumferential intersection. In preferred embodiments, the machining step may vary the thickness of the transition region along a variable path, which may be a straight line, a curved line, or any other suitable path.