Tool path planning is critical to fully realise the producing capabilities of multi-axis machine
tools and improve the precision and efficiency in multi-axis machining. Up to now, more than …

Flank milling is of importance to machining aircraft structural parts, turbines, blades and
several other mechanical parts. It decreases manufacturing time, enhances quality and …

Typical five-axis machine tools have three translational and two rotary drives. This paper
presents a generalized kinematics model that allows automatic configurations of all five-axis …

Acclaimed for enabling the fabrication of complex parts, additive manufacturing is confined
to established processing and planning methods that contribute impediments to its industrial …

This work deals with the optimisation of tool paths in five-axis machining. The objective is to
improve the kinematic behaviour of machine tools during milling. The orientation of the tool …

In five-axis milling, singular configurations of the machine axes may cause tool path errors or
collisions between the tool and parts of the milling machine. This paper presents an …

This paper deals with non-singular tool path generation of a 5-axis hybrid robot named
TriMule, which is designed for large part machining in situ. It is observed that at a singularity …

Automated Tape Laying and Fiber Placement of composite materials are the two principal
automated processes used for fabrication of large composite structures in aeronautical …

Instead of obsessively emphasizing to interpolate more points from the linearization
algorithm, the NC codes are recalculated to form a new path for the pivot that can avoid the …

Multi-axis additive manufacturing enables high flexibility of material deposition along
dynamically varied directions. The Cartesian motion platforms of these machines include …