Research Article

Minimum Time Trajectory Optimization of CNC Machining with Tracking Error Constraints

Table 2

Performance comparison among MTT, SMTT, and TEC-SMMT for the butterfly contour.

Planning time* (s)Machining time (s)Mean tracking error (μm)Maximum tracking error (μm)

MTT12.232.73663.3176.51162.61161.08
SMTT18.013.05152.6563.34158.84156.52
TEC-SMTT37.643.40341.9850.65118.60135.49
SMTT-T123.903.46241.6449.95154.24136.51
SMTT-T221.823.85334.441.23146.43127.56

Planning times in this table are obtained under the conditions of initial guess 0.001 and number of parameterized grids 250.