Kinematics of Spherical Milling Cutters Forming

Abstract

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The mathematical relations between the helical surface on the sphere, the formlining, and the process of forming the spherical cutter by the disc-shaped tool are revealed. An algorithm and a program for calculating the spherical milling parameters based on kinematics of formation were developed, taking into account the kinematics of shaping, the determination of the profile of a disk tool for processing a spherical cutter. The effect of the parameters of the helical surface on the profile of the disk tool is investigated. To be able to integrate with other systems in the program, a system of inter-program data exchange - export of table of output variables in Microsoft Excel - was implemented.