Robotic Manufacturing Experimental Research – Machining Forces Analysis for an Aluminium Profile Milling Process

Abstract

The paper deals with some of the aspects of robotic manufacturing in terms of measuring and analyzing milling forces that appear at the tool-part interface during an aluminium profile machining process. In order to achieve the goals of the research project, a dedicated robotic manufacturing cell developed in prevoius works was programmed for a milling application in which several chamfering operations were performed on an aluminium rectangular profile. The machining forces were measured with a special dynamometer integrated into the system, and the obtained data was analyzed in order to determine the behaviour of the robotic system during machining operations.