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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Jonathan Michael Carberry, Balderstone, GB;
Austin James Cook, Balderstone, GB;
David McMillan, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Aron Derecichei, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Craig Ashmore, Clinton Township, MI (US);
BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for machining a workpiece (). The method comprises: specifying a path along which a cutting tool () is to be moved during machining of the workpiece (), the path comprising a plurality of segments (); defining, for each segment (), an entry point and an entry path () from a point remote from the workpiece () to that entry point; moving a first cutting tool () along the tool path from a first point to a second point and machining the workpiece (); after the first cutting tool () has been moved to the second point, moving the first cutting tool () to a point remote from the workpiece (); moving a second cutting tool () along the entry path () of the segment () that contains the second point, and then from the entry point to the second point.