Deformation Control and Chatter Suppression in 5-Axis Milling of Thin-Walled Blade

This paper deals with deformation control and chatter suppression in the milling of thin-walled blade. The purpose is to generate tool paths that can control machining deformation and suppress chatter during milling. To achieve this object, symmetrical spiral milling approach is proposed to release residual stress on both sides of the blade in the same machining circle to control machining deformation. Besides, in order to suppress chatter during milling of thin-walled blade, nonuniform-allowance is left on both sides of the blade during machining, this can effectively increase the rigidity, thereby chatter cannot easily occur during machining. Machining experiments showed that the proposed approaches can dramatically improve the machining quality, decrease deformation and suppress chatter in the milling of thin-walled blade.