A NOVEL DUAL-POINT CLAMPER FOR LOW-RIGIDITY PLATE MILLING WITH DEFORMATION COMPENSATION

ZhaoliangJiang, WeixianShao, WeiYi

Abstract: The surface profile accuracy plays a significant role in achieving the overall product’s functional performance, which is seriously impacted by the cutting forces, clamping forces, and residual stresses. Conventionally, many researches about deformation compensation focus on cutting forces and fixture layout and do not consider clamping forces. Actually, clamping forces, which would dynamically change along with the movements of cutting tools, are essential in precision machining process. In this paper, a novel dual-point clamper method with adaptive deformation compensation is proposed to improve the workpieces milling precision. Based on the Generalized Principle of Superposition Method, a mathematical model considering the deflection from both cutting forces and clamping forces has been estimated and compared with the traditional clamping scheme. Both 3D finite element model (FEM) based simulation experiments and experimental case studies are carried out, and their results show good agreement with each other. The deflection computation and prediction from numerical studies indicates the efficiency and correctness of the proposed approach

Keywords: Compensation; Deformation; Fixture; Milling

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0212033