Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference

The traditional way for machine tools to execute part-programs consists in moving the tool tip in linear interpolation from one programmed point to the next one. But in some applications (as instance the milling of moulds and dies) a certain degree of approximation in the path is always present. The market requests to integrate into Numerical Controls innovative algorithms that allow to approximate in a customizable way the programmed path, in order to select between a path that goes through all programmed points and one that smoothes all discontinuities in the programmed path with a path error that can be easily selected by the operator. These algorithms can be easily integrated into an open control architecture.