https://doi.org/10.26706/ijaefea.2.8.20210601

---

Abstract:-

Foam is widely used material in various industries for multiple applications. Similarly in the UAV industry which is one emerging industry across globe uses different foams for UAV design, pattern making, UAV manufacturing and many more. Some Foam are lightweight with certain rigidity which makes it suitable for small UAV aircraft. In the early stages of development of aircraft various design iterations are done using foam by UAV designers. To save time of this foam cutting process & improved precision accuracy in cut. This can be achieved using Computer numerical control Foam cutter. This design CNC foam cutter aims to resolve mentioned issues & provide feasible solutions for cutting foam in wing shapes. This study will explain the design and approach of CNC foam cutters.

Index Terms:-

— CNC Machine, Hotwire Cutter, Foam Cutter, UAV, CAD Design, GCodes..

---

REFERENCES

1. Hadley Brooks, David Aitchison, “A review of state-of-theart large-sized foam cutting rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume 16 Issue 5, 2010, pp. 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552541011065713
   

---

2. Hadley Brooks, “Plastic Foam Cutting Mechanics for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Purposes”, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2009.
   

---

3. Luka Ivanovskis, “Four Axis Hot-Wire Foam Cutter Controlled by Mindstorms EV3”, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Technology, Lappeenranta, 2017.
   

---

4. Sanjay S N, Sidhvin D M, Sachin Hegde, K P M Unni Krishnan, “Design and Fabrication of Compact CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutting Machine”, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017.
   

---

---

To view full paper, Download here .

---