The invention discloses a
machining method suitable for a large marine
propeller, and relates to the technical field of precise combined
machining technologies of the large marine
propeller. The
machining method comprises the steps that the
propeller and a standard ball are installed on a
machine tool rotating table, a high-precision calibration needle is installed on a main shaft, and a
fitting algorithm is used for establishing a positioning reference of a workpiece; constructing a workpiece coordinate
system and a conversion relation between the workpiece coordinate
system and a
machine tool coordinate
system; acquiring
point cloud data of each part of the propeller, and unifying the
point cloud data to a workpiece coordinate system through coordinate conversion; performing coarse and fine splicing on the blade root
point cloud, and forming workpiece coordinate system point
cloud data of the propeller in combination with data of other parts; a normal projection
algorithm is adopted to calculate the
polishing amount based on the data; and according to the
polishing amount, generating a machining track containing blade thickness calibration, and according to the machining track, milling and
polishing the propeller. According to the method, the positioning precision is remarkably improved, the clamping error is effectively eliminated, the
grinding amount is accurately and efficiently calculated, the adaptability is high, the machining efficiency is remarkably improved, and the production period is shortened.