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Complex-geometry tool manufacture and service simplified by new CNC tool grinding software
3/21/2014 |
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March 19, 2014 --- The growing challenges of grinding and servicing new generations of complex-geometry drills and end mills are resolved by a new release of the NUMROTO tool grinding software package. Version 3.8 of NUM's market-leading software automates multi-helical and variable flute grinding, as well as providing a new form cutter function for profile inserts. It is available to existing NUMROTO users as an update.
NUMROTO is widely regarded within the tool grinding industry as one of the best and most versatile CNC software solutions on the market. Launched by NUM in 1987, it has undergone continuous development to stay ahead of improvements and innovations in machine tool design. The software runs on NUM's powerful Flexium+ CNC system, which offers significant advantages. These include the use of sub-nano interpolation to ensure high quality surfaces, with short cycle times to allow fast 5-axis movement - even if the part program contains a very high density of ISO sequences. Flexium+ supports all the safety functions that are needed on today's high performance machines and can be operated very easily, using the same type of ?dual touch' gestures that are employed with modern smartphones.
Today, 15 of the world's leading manufacturers of CNC tool grinding machines incorporate NUMROTO software in their products, to the extent that it is used across more than 40 different types of machine.
Many of the high performance end mills that manufacturers now employ for precision machining applications, such as the production of aircraft components from specialist alloys or composite materials, are multi-helix tools designed for use at speeds up to 30,000 RPM. Producing these types of tools cost-effectively is a demanding process that requires increasingly complex grinding capabilities. For example, to help prevent vibration, each of the tool's cutting edges is twisted at a different angle - and with differential helix designs, the twist angle of each individual cutting edge also changes along the length of its body, from the tip of the tool to the shaft. Furthermore, the width of the flute area of these tools can vary considerably, demanding precise positioning of the grinding wheel to ensure that the land width on the back of the tooth is correct.
By harnessing the speed and computational capabilities of modern PCs, the latest version of NUMROTO software is able to handle the extremely complex path calculations necessary to create these sophisticated flutes. Users can now define the core path geometry of flutes on end mills very easily and accurately.
Designers and manufacturers often seek this functionality when optimising the chip transport characteristics of high performance machine tools - the rate at which chips are removed from the cutting face has a major bearing on the tool's cutting speed and efficiency.
By allowing the core path of each flute to be defined individually, NUMROTO also makes it possible for tool designers to compensate for any potential imbalance caused by irregular helices or asymmetric cutting blades. Additionally, by enabling the entry point of the grinding wheel to follow the corner radius of the cutting edge, the software now facilitates the grinding of a defined rake angle on complex body forms and on cutting edges which pass from the body of the tool to its tip - a task that was previously extremely difficult to achieve.
NUM believes that the level of control flexibility now provided by NUMROTO software for creating flutes will prove to be a key enabling factor for manufacturers seeking to develop the next generations of machine tools.
Nowadays, the cutting edges of most machine tools are ground from tungsten carbide. Small rotary tools are usually manufactured from a single piece of carbide, whereas larger rotary tools and the majority of non-rotary tools feature individual cutting blades in the form of carbide inserts, which are retained in a holder made from a less expensive material. Until relatively recently, the inserts were soldered or cemented to the holder prior to being ground, which sometimes made it very difficult or impossible to produce or maintain such tools on a CNC tool grinding machine - due to their size and complexity. Another disadvantage of this approach is that it requires the manufacturer to define the complete assembly as a rotary tool in the CNC program, demanding time-consuming and expensive programming.
Working in partnership with a number of leading machine tool manufacturers and tool sharpening companies, NUM has further developed NUMROTO's form cutter function to simplify insert grinding significantly. Users can now define a form cutter as a rotary tool or as a standalone profile insert. Holders with soldered or cemented inserts can still be defined as rotary tools, and the position of each insert can be probed individually, allowing any mounting inaccuracies to be detected and compensated for automatically during the grinding process.
Many of the latest cutting tools employ user-replaceable profile inserts, which are ground as physically separate blades on a CNC grinding machine. Instead of being fixed to a holder during grinding, the insert is held in a production clamping system that has an optimised geometry for efficient grinding, with unobstructed working space for the grinding wheel. 
NUMROTO's new profile insert function simplifies the programming of the new types of ultra high efficiency CNC tool grinding machines that are now coming into service. After selecting the profile insert form cutter, users are presented with an easy-to-understand menu that enables them to specify whether the part to be ground is held in a fixed or adjustable collet, or by clamping plates. The software supports different mounting plate arrangements to allow the insert to be oriented in any of three planes and provides a simple means of specifying parameters such as transverse and longitudinal offset values. NUMROTO also now supports 3-D models for the production clamping system, which enables it to be visualised during 3-D simulation and monitored for collisions with the grinding wheel; the insert itself is displayed as a cube-shaped blank. www.numroto.com |
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