ONE PASS COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL AND MULTI-AXIS CARVING MACHINE

摘要

Apparatus and method for carving a uniformly carved portion and a variably carved portion in a workpiece in a single pass. The apparatus consists of a uniform carving head(12) fixed relative to the workpiece and a variable carving head(14) that is movable simultaneously in two directions substantially perpendicular to the motion of the workpiece(W). A control system(60), which may include a programmable computer(62), controls the motion of the variable carving head.