Flir Systems Trading Belgium Bvba

Brett Brocato

David Keller

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for machining a feature on a work piece along a curving tool path including a spiral pattern with continuously varying radius. In particular, the feature is scribed by a tool while varying an angle of rotation of a cutting surface of the tool with respect to the work piece to maintain a substantially constant angle between the cutting surface and a corresponding relative translational movement between the cutting surface and the work piece along the spiral pattern. A dynamic feed rate of the tool also is varied continuously with respect to the work piece based on the continuously varying radius of the at least one spiral pattern to substantially maintain a target centripetal acceleration of the tool with respect to the work piece.

Systems and methods for machining materials

Embodiments of systems, methods, and computer-readable media for machining materials are disclosed. For example, one embodiment of the present invention includes a method for machining a feature on a work piece () along a curving tool path having the steps of controlling a relative translational movement between a tool table and the work piece () along the curving tool path and controlling a corresponding angle of rotation of the tool table with respect to the work piece () to maintain a substantially constant angle between the tool table and the corresponding relative translational movement between the tool table and the work piece () along the curving tool path. In another embodiment, a computer-readable media includes code for a carrying out such a method.

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