DEVELOPMENT OF A FIXTURE-FREE MACHINING CENTER FOR MACHINING BLOCK-LIKE COMPONENTS

Citation
Bp. Bandyopadhyay et al., DEVELOPMENT OF A FIXTURE-FREE MACHINING CENTER FOR MACHINING BLOCK-LIKE COMPONENTS, Journal of materials processing technology, 39(3-4), 1993, pp. 405-413
Citations number
16
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical","Material Science
ISSN journal
0924-0136
Volume
39
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
405 - 413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-0136(1993)39:3-4<405:DOAFMC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The cost of designing and manufacturing fixtures constitutes a major f actor in the FMS-type unattended operation of machining centers. The e fficiency of operation of an FMS can be enhanced greatly by the develo ping of a fixture-free machining center, The concept of such a ''fixtu re-free'' machining center for the machining of block-like components has been developed and is presented in this paper. This machining cent er, supported by an automated CAM capability, feeds bar-form material automatically and positions it for unattended machining of all of the six faces of block-like components.