Effect of Ball End Cutter Tilt Milling on Path Interval of Blade Surface

Different milling posture of ball-end cutter will alter path interval and affect surface scallop-height, which was an important problem to be considered to enhance the quality and efficiency of blade surface. In view of ball end cutter tilt milling of blade surface, the relation equation between path interval and scallop-height was established by constant scallop-height method, based on the determination of collision boundary and milling sensitivity, the optimal tilt angles and path interval of blade surface milling were solved, moreover, by means of cutting simulation method, the differences between tilt milling and traditional non-tilt milling were compared and analyzed from the perspective of scallop height and processing time, and verified through comparative experiments. The results show that the optimal tilt angles of blade surface milling is 36.9°, when the path interval is fixed, the surface roughness of non-tilt milling and tilt milling are 0.719 µm and 0.561 µm respectively, the surface processing quality of tilt milling is 28.2% higher than that of non-tilt milling, when scallop-height is fixed, the total time of non-tilt milling and tilt milling are 31.21 min and 25.46 min respectively, the machining efficiency of tilt milling is 17.1% higher than that of non-tilt milling. The effectiveness of tilt milling method is verified, which can provide reference basis for high-quality and efficient machining of similar blade surfaces.