Abstract
The purpose of a finishing operation in an SSM-process is to generate a smooth surface ‘region’, and as a result, finish-machining is often called regional milling. Thus, we will use the term ‘regional milling’ to refer to finish-machining (as well as semi-finishing). Presented in this chapter are C-space based methods for generating regional milling NC tool-paths. Topics to be discussed are (1) issues in generating NC tool-paths for regional milling, (2) path-resolution planning and tool-path generation, (3) tool-path linking and (4) cutting-load smoothing for milling efficiency.
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Choi, B.K., Jerard, R.B. (1998). Tool-path generation for finishing. In: Sculptured Surface Machining. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5283-3_8
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