Design, Motion-planning, and Manufacturing of Custom-shaped Tools for 5-axis Super Abrasive Machinig of a Turbomachinery Blade Type Component

Design, Motion-planning, and Manufacturing of Custom-shaped Tools for 5-axis Super Abrasive Machinig of a Turbomachinery Blade Type Component | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Design, Motion-planning, and Manufacturing of Custom-shaped Tools for 5-axis Super Abrasive Machinig of a Turbomachinery Blade Type Component Maialen Martinez-Aguirre, Gaizka Gómez, Pengbo Bo, Michael Barton, and 3 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4275245/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Turbomachinery components are evolving towards increasing complexity to achieve enhanced efficiency. Turbine blades are being designed using free-form surfaces and generated by Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS). Custom-shaped tools are presented as a solution to improve the productivity of super abrasive machining processes for complex geometries, meeting the high standards required for rotating turbomachinery components. The adaptability and flexibility of these new tool concepts are specifically designed to better fit the target of freeform surfaces. This paper presents a blade type component finished with a custom-shaped tool designed through an optimization process that simultaneously optimizes both the shape of the tool and its motion. The proposed method with SAM finishing using a custom-shaped tool is compared against a standard tool and traditional machining process. The result obtained on the blade test case show that the custom-shaped tools need fewer paths, yet produce more accurate surface finish. Free-form surface Super Abrasive Machining (SAM) Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) turbine blades high-quality surface finish tool path-planning Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Reviewers agreed at journal 22 Apr, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 22 Apr, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 22 Apr, 2024 First submitted to journal 19 Apr, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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