Researching, designing, simulating, and manufacturing automatic knife changers of multiple-axed CNC machines

Abstract

CNC control machines are gradually being widely used in many industrial
factories and workshops in Vietnam. This helps increase productivity,
improving work performance and products’ designs. Therefore, promoting
the effectiveness, operation, and maintenance of CNC machines is attracting
particularly significant attention. Promoting the effectiveness as well as
improving CNC machines accordingly requires much profound knowledge.
As in previous operating process, it is likely that one machine only runs on a
single cutting tool and processes the same product model. If we want to use
more than one type of cutting toolto process products of different patterns,
the changing process among knives requires human’s intervention. Because
of this, the research team has figured out methods for manufacturing
automatic knife changing systems for CNC vertical machines. The findings
show the initiative possibility in designing, manufacturing, and assembling
automatic cutting tool changing systems in Vietnam.