Special issue: Sculptured and complex surfaces machining

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 8(3/4) 2010

• High-speed milling of dusting materials
• Optimisation of spiral tool path for five-axis milling of freeform surface blade
• Application of GA to observe the optimal effect of the radial rake angle for minimising surface roughness in end milling
• Machining of dies to reduce the press-die deformation
• Simulation of the behaviour of CNC machine-tools in three-axis milling of sculptured surfaces
• Influence of cutting parameters on cycle time, surface roughness, dimensional error and cutting forces in milling operations on aluminium 6082 sculptured surface geometry
• Offline adaptive control
• Tool path generation for five-axis sculptured surface machining with a toroidal cutter
• Study of polynomial path parameterisation for side milling of sculptured surfaces
• 3D distribution of envelope trace heights related to ground surface smoothness in CNC grinding of free-form surface
• Laser polishing parameter optimisation on selective laser sintered parts