The Hammer Peening solution is designed for companies that develop software solutions integrating Hammer Peening processes into their workflows. This includes CAD/CAM companies, machine tool builders, robot OEMs, and integrators aiming to support the Hammer Peening process within the manufacturing chain.
Major Challenges
Manual Control
Improper control of Hammer Peening can lead to surface irregularities. To achieve consistent results precise management of peening parameters such as impact force, frequency, and coverage is essential.
Complex Part Geometries
Programming complex parts for Hammer Peening involves significant challenges. The process demands completing complex and large parts in a single operation to ensure consistent surface finishing across the entire part.
Collision Avoidance
Ensuring collision-free operation is difficult because we lack advanced simulation tools. This makes it hard to simulate and verify the toolpath.
Solution Offered by ModuleWorks
The ModuleWorks toolpath calculation optimally drives the machine tool with a process-relevant parameterization up to 5-axis machining. It includes collision checking, linking, and other essential process parameters.
Key Features
Using advanced control systems to manage lead/lag and side tilt angles, we can adjust parameters in real time. This fine-tunes the peening process, ensuring a uniform surface finish across the entire part.
Our solution enables the machining of complex and large parts in a single operation, maintaining a constant stepover between each toolpath slice even on complex geometries.
The system continuously monitors the proximity of the part, tool, and holder ensuring collisions are automatically prevented during toolpath calculation.
The system automatically connects the individual toolpath slices according to the chosen strategy, which can be zig-zag or one-way. The links are collision-free.
Key Highlights
Advanced Toolpath Generation for Complex Geometries
Technology offers various options that allow precise control over the toolpath. Additional options like support for the constant distance between the toolpath slices, lead/lag angles or side tilt angles, full collision avoidance, and multi-layer toolpaths. Precise control over the direction and movement of the peening ensures that the surface finish will be consistent at each point.
Proven ModuleWorks Technology
ModuleWorks Hammer Peening technology has been developed through extensive research in collaboration with industry partners. The technology has been successfully deployed in various production environments to address real-world challenges, proving its reliable implementation.
Key Benefits
Achieve high surface finish in one operation with modern peening tools
Simplifies the production of complex parts through precise control and intuitive parameter settings
Simulate and verify the toolpath before executing on the machine for maximum safety and reliability
