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Parametrically automated 3D design and manufacturing for spiral-type free-form models in an interactive CAD/CAM environment

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For product lifecycle management reasons, research trends impose the need of automated engineering tasks, such as computer-aided design and manufacturing. This paper proposes a novel approach of automating both the design and manufacturing processes of impeller-type geometries, when CAD/CAM technology is employed. To do so, a newly developed application was built; exploiting application programming interface objects of parametric instances, in order to automate time-consuming repetitive tasks for the preparation of 3D models and their direct manufacturing process. The developed application incorporates Simpson’s method, Bezier-Bernstein equation and Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline for curve approximation describing blades of centrifugal impellers, as a representative case study. The machining technology is that of 3-axis CNC, thereby; each curve extends along a constant x-y plane. In the first step of the application, the entire 3D model of the impeller-type model is automatically generated according to variable values taken as user-defined entities from the interface. The application then carries on by automatically modeling the manufacturing process and ultimately generating the NC program from the cutter location data for a given CNC machine tool.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, UK

    Charalampos A. Tzivelekis

  2. Laboratory of Manufacturing Processes and Machine Tools (LMProMaT), Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), N.Heraklion, 141 21, Marousi-Athens, Greece

    Lazaros S. Yiotis & Nikolaos A. Fountas

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece (TEICG), 34 400, Psahna Eyvoias, Greece

    Agathoklis A. Krimpenis

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Tzivelekis, C.A., Yiotis, L.S., Fountas, N.A. et al. Parametrically automated 3D design and manufacturing for spiral-type free-form models in an interactive CAD/CAM environment. Int J Interact Des Manuf 11, 223–232 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-015-0261-8

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