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附录 A 外文翻译原文 Manufacturing Engineering June 2004 Vol. 132 No. 6 Five-Axis Machining Adding a fifth axis can cut machine setups, and improve quality and productivity By Patrick Waurzyniak, Senior Editor Five-axis machining with Delcams PowerMill adds a simulation and verification module to detect Machining with five-axis equipment can offer many advantages, including dramatically reduced lower costs per part, more accurate machining, and quality. software now collisions. manufacturers setup times, improved part For certain applications, particularly in aerospace, five-axis machining helps manufacturers enhance productivity with far fewer setups on a smaller number of machines. Automotive manufacturers and die/mold applications also can realize substantial payoffs from five-axis machining, especially as costs for the latest five-axis gear have declined. Aerospace demands five-axis for highly contoured aircraft components. The reasons for going with five-axis equipment vary, but the benefits of deploying multiaxis machines center on improved productivity, higher machining accuracy, reduced in-process inventory, and improved operator and machine usage. In aerospace, its primarily to eliminate the need for form cutters, because there are very few, if any, parts in aircraft structures that have straight lines on them, notes Randy Von Moll, technical product manager for the HyperMach line of five-axis machining centers from Cincinnati Lamb (Hebron, KY). Everything has contour to it, and typically its a compound contour because of the shapes of aerodynamic structures. Airplanes, especially modern fighters and bombers, are getting stealthier. That means they have more contour, more curvature than ever before, and they must be machined on five-axis equipment. Standardized tooling saves money and lead time for manufacturers, he adds. If you can stock multiple tools on your shelves, just standard solid carbide end mills versus having special tools ground with different angles o