Morrison & Foerster LLP
Tool path generating method
A tool path generation method includes inputting a first function derived from a polynomial expression including a plurality of coefficients representing a first curved surface, generating a first tool path based on the first function, inputting the first tool path to an NC device of a machine tool and machining a workpiece by relative movement between a tool and a workpiece along the first tool path, measuring the shape of the workpiece at a plurality of measurement points on a surface of the machined workpiece, calculating, for each of the measurement points, a symmetrical position with respect to the first curved surface in a direction perpendicular to the first curved surface as a correction point, obtaining a second function representing a second curved surface based on a series of position data of the correction points, and generating a second tool path based on the second function.
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Kyohei Yasunori
Suzuki Masumiya