Design and Performance Evaluation of Flexible CNC Machining Equipment for Panel Furniture Manufacturing
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A flexible CNC machining system is developed for panel furniture manufacturing to improve equipment adaptability and reduce non-machining time in customized production. The proposed system integrates a modular machining structure, multi-axis motion platform, automatic positioning fixtures, and a digital control system to enable flexible drilling and grooving operations. A machining path optimization strategy is introduced to reduce unnecessary tool movements. Experiments on medium-density fiberboard (MDF) panels demonstrate that the optimized method reduces machining time from 986~s to 654~s for 20 machining tasks and from 1248~s to 812~s for 25 tasks. The proposed equipment achieves a positioning error of 0.04--0.06~mm in repeated tests, showing improved machining stability compared with conventional equipment. The results verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach for small-batch and multi-variety panel furniture manufacturing.
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TY - JOUR AU - Li, Lizhen AU - Jin, Hongying PY - 2026 DA - 2026/09/09 TI - Design and Performance Evaluation of Flexible CNC Machining Equipment for Panel Furniture Manufacturing JO - ICCK Transactions on Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems T2 - ICCK Transactions on Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems JF - ICCK Transactions on Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems VL - 1 IS - 3 SP - 86 EP - 92 DO - 10.62762/TICPS.2026.403794 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TICPS.2026.403794 KW - Panel furniture KW - flexible CNC machining KW - modular design KW - path optimization KW - positioning accuracy KW - smart manufacturing AB - A flexible CNC machining system is developed for panel furniture manufacturing to improve equipment adaptability and reduce non-machining time in customized production. The proposed system integrates a modular machining structure, multi-axis motion platform, automatic positioning fixtures, and a digital control system to enable flexible drilling and grooving operations. A machining path optimization strategy is introduced to reduce unnecessary tool movements. Experiments on medium-density fiberboard (MDF) panels demonstrate that the optimized method reduces machining time from 986~s to 654~s for 20 machining tasks and from 1248~s to 812~s for 25 tasks. The proposed equipment achieves a positioning error of 0.04--0.06~mm in repeated tests, showing improved machining stability compared with conventional equipment. The results verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach for small-batch and multi-variety panel furniture manufacturing. SN - 3071-2947 PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
@article{Li2026Design,
author = {Lizhen Li and Hongying Jin},
title = {Design and Performance Evaluation of Flexible CNC Machining Equipment for Panel Furniture Manufacturing},
journal = {ICCK Transactions on Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems},
year = {2026},
volume = {1},
number = {3},
pages = {86-92},
doi = {10.62762/TICPS.2026.403794},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TICPS.2026.403794},
abstract = {A flexible CNC machining system is developed for panel furniture manufacturing to improve equipment adaptability and reduce non-machining time in customized production. The proposed system integrates a modular machining structure, multi-axis motion platform, automatic positioning fixtures, and a digital control system to enable flexible drilling and grooving operations. A machining path optimization strategy is introduced to reduce unnecessary tool movements. Experiments on medium-density fiberboard (MDF) panels demonstrate that the optimized method reduces machining time from 986~s to 654~s for 20 machining tasks and from 1248~s to 812~s for 25 tasks. The proposed equipment achieves a positioning error of 0.04--0.06~mm in repeated tests, showing improved machining stability compared with conventional equipment. The results verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach for small-batch and multi-variety panel furniture manufacturing.},
keywords = {Panel furniture, flexible CNC machining, modular design, path optimization, positioning accuracy, smart manufacturing},
issn = {3071-2947},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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