Using Fuzzy Control for Feed Rate Scheduling of Computer Numerical Control Machine Tools

In industrial processing, workpiece quality and processing time have recently become important issues. To improve the machining accuracy and reduce the cutting time, the cutting feed rate will have a significant impact. Therefore, how to plan a dynamic cutting feed rate is very important. In this study, a fuzzy control system for feed rate scheduling based on the curvature and curvature variation is proposed. The proposed system is implemented in actual cutting, and to verify the data an optical three-dimensional scanner is used to measure the cutting trajectory of the workpiece. Experimental results prove that the proposed fuzzy control system for dynamic cutting feed rate scheduling increases the cutting accuracy by 41.8% under the same cutting time; moreover, it decreases the cutting time by 50.8% under approximately the same cutting accuracy.