Optimum Parting Line Design of Molded and Cast Parts for Manufacturability

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Weinstein, Marc ^a   Manoochehri, Souran ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for Manufacturability; Optimum Mold Design; Parting Line; Undercut Identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001775435     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(97)88401-4     Document Type: Article

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