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Design and Construction of a Low Cost CNC Milling Machine for Woodworking

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Applied Technologies (ICAT 2020)

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Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machinery were created to reduce manufacturing times for industry, but this type of machinery is costly and therefore only a few uses can recover the investment. However, the progress of electronics in the last decades has allowed to develop affordable CNC machines. This article explains the design and manufacturing process of a low budget CNC milling machine for woodworking. All the structural elements were designed and simulated using PTC CREO, as well as the manufacturing sequence. The control hardware uses commercially available electronics such as Arduino ONE, and stepper motors to move the machine, while the software uses the free open source codes Vetrica Aspire and Universal G Code. The machine was tested on different materials, obtaining good results. The result is a CNC milling machine for woodworking that costs about 50% the price of an equivalent commercial machine, an can therefore be a suitable solution for craft industries.

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  1. SISAu Research Group, Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ambato, 180103, Ecuador

    Manuel Ayala-Chauvin, Fernando Saá & Ricardo Rodríguez

  2. Centro de Diseño de Equipos Industriales, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Carles Domènech-Mestres & Genís Riba-Sanmartí

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  1. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Miguel Botto-Tobar

  2. Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), Quito, Ecuador

    Sergio Montes León

  3. Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador

    Oscar Camacho

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Ayala-Chauvin, M., Saá, F., Rodríguez, R., Domènech-Mestres, C., Riba-Sanmartí, G. (2021). Design and Construction of a Low Cost CNC Milling Machine for Woodworking. In: Botto-Tobar, M., Montes León, S., Camacho, O., Chávez, D., Torres-Carrión, P., Zambrano Vizuete, M. (eds) Applied Technologies. ICAT 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1388. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71503-8_29

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