Machining of sculptured surfaces -- Manufacturing of integrally bladed rotors -- Motivation -- Objectives and approach -- Thesis structure -- Actual IBR roughing method -- Definition of integrally bladed rotors (IBRs) -- Current IBR roughing tools -- Productivity & cost of actual method -- Point milling -- Flank milling -- New IBRs roughing method -- Compressors machining using annular cutters -- Tool development of IBRs machining with cup mill -- Tool designs -- Sandvik tool performance evaluation -- Productivity and cost evaluation -- Inconel 718 tests -- Program development for IBR machining with cup mill -- Software used (Catia V5 -- VB6) -- Algorithm -- Program -- Smoothing out the tool path -- Complete tool path -- Test & Result for IBR machining with cup mill -- Program simulation in CATIA V5 -- Machining test with the cup mill -- Optimization algorithms
