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FIGURE 2.3<br />

CAPP for NC Milling of Spherical Parts (Space Frame Nodes)<br />

Space-frame nodes are joints that interconnect linear members to form complex space frames, as shown in<br />

Figure 2.7. Each spherical node has a hole configuration that defines the orientation of the bolt holes in<br />

spherical coordinates according to its position in the space frame. The hole configurations are determined by<br />

a CAD software for space-frame design. For each hole configuration, the CAD software outputs the required<br />

number of nodes and a table giving the orientations of the holes with respect to the center of the node in<br />

spherical coordinates, such as the one given in Table 2.1. Nodes with the same hole configuration vary in<br />

number, from a few to tens and hundreds, depending on the design of the space frame.<br />

Previously, according to the printed output of the tables, nodes were produced by drilling and tapping<br />

the holes into forged solid spheres using a manually adjusted two-axis indexing table mounted on a<br />

three-axis CNC machine. Because of the wide range of hole configurations, with only small and medium<br />

batches of nodes having the same configurations, frequent changes were required in the manually<br />

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Process plan and NC program generation steps in the IMS.

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