Using a Cone Frustum Part in the Evaluation of Multiple Types of Five-Axis Machine Tools with the Taguchi Method

Abstract

There are many methods to conduct data-based evaluations of multi-type five-axis machine tools, but in recent years, it has been very difficult to overcome the problem of conducting these tests and presenting the evaluations in an intuitive and simple way. In this paper, we introduce and test a successful method of direct cutting using a Cone Frustum workpiece with the Taguchi method, which is applied to the evaluation of multiple types of five-axis machine tools. As can been seen in the experimental results, every model is listed separately, and the overall results and details are displayed for the user to evaluate; this effective and simplified method solves the long-standing performance evaluation debate.