Using Fuzzy Control for Feedrate Scheduling of Computer Numerical Control Machine Tools

Abstract In industrial processing, workpiece quality and processing time have become important issues lately. Fortunately, dynamic cutting feedrate scheduling has been proposed to improve machining accuracy and decrease cutting time. Studies have shown that the curvature and cutting feedrate significantly influence the machining accuracy. Therefore, the present study proposes a fuzzy control system for feedrate scheduling based on the curvature and curvature variation. The proposed system is implemented in actual cutting, and an optical three-dimensional scanner is performed as a verification to measure the cutting trajectory of the workpiece. Experimental results prove that the proposed fuzzy control system for dynamic cutting feedrate scheduling increases the cutting accuracy by 43% under the same cutting time; moreover, it decreases the cutting time by 49% under the same cutting accuracy.