Major Research Instrumentation: Development of a National High Speed Machining Research and Test Facility

本项目旨在开发一种先进的五轴高速铣床及试验台。该设备将用于目前正在研究的五轴高速铣削技术的研究和测试。该技术对锻造模具、冲压模具、注塑模具制造等行业，特别是飞机制造行业具有重要意义。对于零件的快速成型，它也适用于许多领域。设备开发的重点将是驱动和导轨部件在频繁加减速情况下的寿命，这比目前的做法要高得多。开发将采用最新的数字控制和伺服控制技术。五轴高速机床的开发利用和集成了进给驱动、导轨和主轴方面的尖端技术。该设备对各种材料和几何形状的高速加工研究以及开放式控制器的开发具有重要价值。该项目是与几家工业公司合作完成的。

This project aims to develop an advanced five-axis high speed milling machine and test stands. This equipment will be used for research and testing of the five-axis high speed milling technology currently under investigation. This technology is of interest to forging die, stamping die, and injection mold making and other industries, particularly those in the aircraft manufacturing businesses. It is also useful to many fields for rapid prototyping of parts. An emphasis of the equipment development will be the longevity of the drive and guideway components subjected to frequent accelerations and decelerations which are much higher than in the current practice. The development will employ the latest numerical control and servo control techniques. The development of the five-axis high speed machine tool utilizes and integrates leading-edge technologies on feed drives, guideways, and spindles. The equipment is valuable for research on high-speed machining of various materials and geometries and on development of open-architecture controllers. The project is done in collaboration with several industrial companies.