40th International Conference on Production Engineering of Serbia
ICPES 2025
Nis, Serbia, 18-19th september 2025
PROGRAMMING AND VERIFICATION OF MILLING OPERATIONS FOR CNC MACHINES WITH HORIZONTAL ROTARY AXIS
Sasa Živanovic, Julija Maletic, Nikola Vorkapic, Nikola Slavkovic, Zoran Dimic, Radovan Puzovic
DOI: 10.46793/ICPES25.300Z
The paper analyses the programming of CNC milling machines with horizontal rotary axis. These are usually machines for rapid prototyping of rotating symmetrical and/or asymmetrical parts. The paper analyses the available programming software, which can be one of the standard CAD/CAM systems or a specialized CAM system. In addition to the analysis of the programming method procedure, the verification of the program by simulating the removal of material and simulating the operation of a virtual machine according to a given program was also considered. Verification of programming methods was realized by machining several characteristic parts, on developed 3-axis desktop CNC milling machine - Multiprodesk, that has two translational and one horizontal rotary axis
Programming, simulation, verification, rotary machining
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