Barrel-shaped surfaces are widely used in industries, e.g., blades, vases, and tabular parts. Because a part such as an aero-engine blade is typically quite large, the efficiency of its measurement becomes a critical issue. The recently emerged five-axis sweep scanning technology offers to be a powerful means to significantly increase the efficiency of measurement. However, currently it still mostly relies on humans to manually plan a five-axis sweep scanning path, and in most cases, the surface is simply divided into a number of smaller open patches for which the sweep scanning is then individually planned. We present an algorithm for automatically planning the five-axis sweep scanning for an arbitrary barrel-shaped surface in the form of either a compound, a trimmed, or a simple surface. The planning algorithm is novel in that no partitioning of the surface is needed and a single continuous five-axis sweep scanning path will be generated for the entire surface. By eliminating the nonsweeping time spent by the stylus due to its air-moves between multiple patches and also the time-costly approach-retraction operations required for each patch, the proposed algorithm is able to significantly reduce the total inspection time, sometimes more than 50%, as validated in our physical inspection experiments.
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July 2018
Research-Article
Spiral Curve-Based Efficient Five-Axis Sweep Scanning of Barrel-Shaped Surfaces
Huicheng Zhou,
Huicheng Zhou
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: zhouhuicheng@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: zhouhuicheng@hust.edu.cn
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Kai Tang,
Kai Tang
Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology,
Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
e-mail: mektang@ust.hk
and Aerospace Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology,
Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
e-mail: mektang@ust.hk
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Chenhan Lee,
Chenhan Lee
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: chenhanlee@hotmail.com
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: chenhanlee@hotmail.com
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Jihong Chen,
Jihong Chen
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: jihong@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: jihong@hust.edu.cn
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Jianzhong Yang,
Jianzhong Yang
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: yangjz@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: yangjz@hust.edu.cn
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Lei Li
Lei Li
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: hpctju@163.com
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
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Pengcheng Hu
Huicheng Zhou
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: zhouhuicheng@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: zhouhuicheng@hust.edu.cn
Kai Tang
Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology,
Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
e-mail: mektang@ust.hk
and Aerospace Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology,
Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
e-mail: mektang@ust.hk
Chenhan Lee
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: chenhanlee@hotmail.com
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: chenhanlee@hotmail.com
Jihong Chen
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: jihong@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: jihong@hust.edu.cn
Jianzhong Yang
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: yangjz@hust.edu.cn
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: yangjz@hust.edu.cn
Lei Li
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: hpctju@163.com
Huazhong University of Science
and Technology,
Wuhan 430070, China
e-mail: hpctju@163.com
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received December 5, 2017; final manuscript received February 1, 2018; published online April 2, 2018. Editor: Y. Lawrence Yao.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Jul 2018, 140(7): 071001 (16 pages)
Published Online: April 2, 2018
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Received:
December 5, 2017
Revised:
February 1, 2018
Citation
Hu, P., Zhou, H., Tang, K., Lee, C., Chen, J., Yang, J., and Li, L. (April 2, 2018). "Spiral Curve-Based Efficient Five-Axis Sweep Scanning of Barrel-Shaped Surfaces." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. July 2018; 140(7): 071001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039383
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