To investigate the vibration principle in machining thin-walled components, a dynamic model for end milling of flexible structures is built based on considering the variations in the dynamic chip thickness and the differences between up-milling and down-milling. Two milling experiments verify the model. Experimental results show that the model can predict the milling force and displacements simultaneously in the dynamic milling process.
Machining-features of the workplace are described by using of the object-oriented （O-O） technology. Geometrical machining-features are recognized in the given cut region by using the maximum membership priciple about the fuzzy set. Depending on the IF-THEN rule and the fuzzy matching method, the rough information of the machining-process for high-speed milling （HSM） is extracted based on the database of machining-process for HSM. The optimization model of machining-process scheme is established to obtain shorter cut time, lower cost or higher surface quality. It is helpful to form successful cases for HSM. NC programming for HSM is realized according to optimized machining-process data from HSM cases selected by the optimization model and the extracted information of machining-process.
The CAD model of molar prosthesis is usually stored in standard templete library （STIr） format. A new topological structure is given based on STL format and the vertex-based entity offset algorithm is presented to realize the rapid generation of roughing/finishing tool path for molar prosthesis. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm prossesses characteristics of excellent stabilization, fast calculation speed and high machining accuracy.
