Answer to Question #304957 in Mechanical Engineering for ravi

Question

Question No. 18:(a) Explain the following terms in the context of CAM:

(a) Tool nose radius compensation

(b) Circular interpolation

(c) Subroutines

(d) Mirror image

Answer 1

(a) Tool nose radius compensation

this is the process of accounting for the diameter/radius of the tool on the workpiece so as not to affect the dimensional stability of the resulting cut.

(b) Circular interpolation

this the process of of taking th x-coordinate and the y-coordinate with respect to the radius of the profile. circular interpolation use these three parameters to cut circular profiles.

(c) Subroutines

feature of a cnc program within a cnc program.

(d) Mirror image