ICTM Aachen – International Center for Turbomachinery ManufacturingBarrel tools for thin-walled blade machining application on (free-form) impeller
How to design machining processes for impellers with barrel tools to ensure stability and quality?
Challenge and Motivation
- Due to the larger radius, barrel tools can realize higher width of cut by at the same time, achieving surface roughness values like ball end mills.
- More engagement leads to higher deflection and different excitation with barrel tools.
Objective
- Development of simulation-based optimized process design for impellers to ensure machining stability and product quality.
- Experimental and simulation-based comparison of impeller machining with barrel tools.