Specification of an active force control tool for performing deburring and chamfering on a robot platform

Abstract

The authors present work conducted by United Technologies Research Center directed at developing an automated chamfering tool for producing precision edge breaks and chamfers on high temperature nickel alloy aerospace parts. This micro-manipulator tool will be attached to the end of a Cincinnati Milacron T3-646 industrial robot to form an advanced deburring and chamfering system (ADACS). Two ADACS development tasks are discussed, the selection and provision of test parts, and the execution of a system's requirements, analysis to support the design and development of the ADACS chamfering tool. The selected test parts, a gas turbine engine bearing house and a turbine disk, are utilized to determine the required functionality of the ADACS chamfering tool. A requirement analysis was performed which illustrates the benefits of using a compliant drive mechanism in the ADACS tool.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>